Sampling strategies for natural resources and the environment. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Timothy G. Gregoire, Harry T. Valentine.
• Other Names: Gregoire, T. G; Valentine, Harry T
• Contents: PREFACE; ; INTRODUCTION; The need for sampling strategies; A medley of sampling scenarios; Probability sample; Inference; Population descriptive parameters; Historical note; Terms to remember; Appendix; ; SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION OF AN ESTIMATOR; Distribution of values; Estimation; Interval estimation; The role of simulated sampling; Other considerations; Terms to remember; Exercises; Appendix; ; SAMPLING DESIGNS FOR DISCRETE POPULATIONS; Introduction; Equal probability designs; Unequal probability designs; Terms to remember; Exercises; Appendix; ; SAMPLING DESIGNS FOR CONTINUOUS POPULATIONS; Introduction; Crude Monte Carlo; Importance sampling; Control variate estimation; Sampling in two or three dimensions; General notation; Terms to remember; Exercises and projects; Appendix; ; STRATIFIED SAMPLING DESIGNS; Introduction; Rationale for stratified sampling; Estimation with stratified sampling; Sample allocation among strata; Incorrect assignment of population elements into strata; Double sampling for stratification; Poststratification; Stratified sampling of a continuous population; Terms to Remember; Exercises; Appendix; ; USING AUXILIARY INFORMATION TO IMPROVE ESTIMATION; Generalized ratio estimator; Bias of the generalized ratio estimator; Variance of the generalized ratio estimator; Estimated variance of the generalized ratio estimator; Confidence interval estimation; Ratio estimation with systematic sampling design; Generalized ratio estimation with stratified sampling; Generalized regression estimator; Double sampling with ratio and regression estimation; Terms to Remember; Exercises; Appendix; ; SAMPLING WITH FIXED AREA PLOTS; Introduction; Notation; Sampling protocol; Estimation; Edge effect; Plot size and shape; Estimating change; Terms to remember; Exercises ; Appendix; ; BITTERLICH SAMPLING; Introduction; Fundamental concepts; Estimation following Bitterlich sampling; Edge effect; Double sampling; Sampling to estimate change in stock; Terms to remember; Exercises; ; LINE INTERSECT SAMPLING; Introduction; LIS with straight-line transects; Unit area estimators; Estimation with an auxiliary variate; Estimating the mean attribute; Nesting transects of different lengths; Dealing with edge effect in LIS; Transects with multiple segments; Parallel transects of uneven length; Terms to remember; Exercises; Appendix; ; A MONTE CARLO INTEGRATION APPROACH TO AREAL SAMPLING; Areal sampling; Plot sampling; Bitterlich sampling; Point relascope sampling; Line intersect sampling; Perpendicular distance sampling; Edge correction; Redux: Continuous versus discrete; Terms to Remember; Exercises; Appendix; ; MISCELLANEOUS METHODS; Introduction; Point relascope sampling; Horizontal line sampling; Transect relascope sampling; Ranked set sampling; Adaptive cluster sampling; 3P sampling; Terms to Remember; Exercises; Appendix; ; TWO-STAGE SAMPLING; Customary two-stage sampling; General two-stage sampling; Three-stage sampling; Terms to Remember; ; RANDOMIZED BRANCH SAMPLING; Terminology; Path selection; Estimation; Selection probabilities; Tools and tricks of the trade; Subsampling a path; Terms to remember; Exercises and projects; Appendix; ; SAMPLING WITH PARTIAL REPLACEMENT; Introduction; Estimation with partially replaced sampling units; Estimation of change; SPR with stratification; SPR for three occasions; Concluding remarks; Terms to remember; Appendix; ; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ; INDEX
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 577.0723; Environmental sampling; Environmental sciences -- Statistical methods
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780203498880; 0203498887
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