Theory of sampling and sampling practice. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Francis F. Pitard.
• Editors: Pitard, Francis F
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; The Author; Part I: Introduction and a Management Strategy; Introduction; Historical Summary; Subdivisions of the Text; 1. Definition of Basic Terms and Symbols; 1.1 Basic Terms; 1.2 List of Notation and Symbols; 1.2.1 Latin Letters; 1.2.2 Greek Letters; 1.3 The Word Error versus The Word Uncertainty Controvercy; 1.3.1 Introduction; 1.3.2 Going Back to Matheron and Gy's Fundamentals; 1.3.3 Jumping from Uncertainty to Error; 1.3.4 Sampling Correctness: The Mandatory Path to Predictable Uncertainty 2. A Management Strategy2.1 Structural Property; 2.2 Circumstantial Property; 2.3 Concepts of Primary and Secondary Properties; 2.3.1 The Concept; 2.3.2 The Consequences; 2.4 The Primary Structural Property of Sampling Correctness; 2.5 Relationship between Correctness and Accuracy; 2.6 Practical Advantages of Controlling Sampling Correctness; 2.7 Disadvantages and Risks of Controlling Accuracy; 2.8 Conclusions; Part II: Fundamental Statistical Concepts Used in the Theory of Sampling; 3. Fundamental Statistical Concepts; 3.1 Notion of Probability; 3.2 Probability Law of a Random Variable 3.2.1 Notion of Random Variable3.2.2 From a Random Variable to Its Probability Law; 3.2.3 Definition of a Probability Law; 3.2.4 Graphic Representation of a Probability Law (Discrete Variable); 3.3 Dependence between Random Variables; 3.4 Position Parameters and Characterization of a Probability Distribution; 3.4.1. The Arithmetic Average x of a Discrete Set Is Defined as; 3.4.2. The Quadratic Average xQ of a Discrete Set Is Defined as; 3.4.3. The Geometric Average xG of a Discrete Set Is Defined as; 3.4.4. The Harmonic Average xH of a Discrete Set Is Defined as 3.4.5. The Weighted Average xM of a Discrete Set Is Defined as3.4.6 The Median; 3.4.7 The Mode; 3.4.8 Dispersion Parameters; 3.4.9 The Pearson Variation Factor: The Relative Standard Deviation; 3.5 Permutations and Combinations; 3.5.1 Permutations; 3.5.2 Combinations; 3.6 The Gaussian Model: The Normal Probability Distribution; 3.7 The Binomial Model; 3.8 The Poisson Model; 3.8.1 Limitations of Normal and Lognormal Statistical Models; 3.8.2 Poisson Processes; 3.9 Preventive Recommendations Relative to Sampling; 3.9.1. The Grade aS of a Sample Obeys a Normal Distribution 3.9.2. The Grade aS of a Sample Obeys a Poisson Distribution3.9.3. Capital Notion of Probabilistic Selection Process; 3.10 Random and Systematic Errors; 3.10.1 Notion of Precision; 3.10.2 Notion of Accuracy; 3.10.3 Notion of Representativeness; 3.10.4 Graphic Representation of the Notion of Accuracy and Precision; 3.11 Summation of Random and Systematic Errors; 4. A Logical Introduction to the Components of the Overall Estimation Error; 4.1 Constitution Heterogeneity; 4.2 Distribution Heterogeneity; 4.3 Classification of Lots; 4.3.1 Number of Dimensions Characterizing a Lot
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 622/.7; Ores -- Sampling and estimation; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mining; Ores -- Sampling and estimation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351105927; 1351105922; 9781351105934; 1351105930; 9781351105910; 1351105914; 9781351105903; 1351105906
• Related ISBNs: 9781138476486
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 11, 2019).
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