PREV

• Basic concepts
• Advantages of sampling methods
• Requirements of a good sample
• Steps and problems involved in planning and conduct of census and sample surveys
• Selection and estimation procedures.
• Description and properties of simple random sampling
• Sampling for proportions and percentages.
• Estimation of variances, standard errors and confidence limits
• Sample size determination under different conditions
• Description and properties of stratified random sampling
• Formation of strata
• Different methods of allocation of sample size
• Systematic sampling
• Ratio and regression estimates in simple and stratified Random sampling.
• Ratio and regression estimates in simple and stratified Random sampling.
• Practical work on software