The Baltimore Sun

U.S. census to count only 90% of population For the first time, sampling techniques will tally the rest

WASHINGTON — To cut costs and improve accuracy, the Census Bureau said yesterday that it would actually count only 90 percent of the United States population in 2000 and rely on statistical sampling ...
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Social graph theories – an alternative to traditional population sampling methods

This paper offers a synthetic view of several academic fields that usually require stand-alone lengthy developments: sociology, social psychology and graph theories. The purpose thereof is not to deep ...
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Sampling rare or elusive species : concepts, designs, and techniques for estimating population parameters / edited by William L. Thompson ; foreword by Kenneth P. Burnham

Introduction / William L Thompson -- PART ONE: OVERVIEW AND BASIC CONCEPTS -- Sampling rare populations / Lyman L. McDonald -- Separating components of detection probability in abundance estimation: ...