Statistics for real-life sample surveys

 Content: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Sampling methods; 2 Weighting; 3 Statistical effects of sampling and weighting; 4 Significance testing; 5 Measuring relationships between variables; Appendix A: Review of general terminology; Appendix B: Further reading; Appendix C: Summary tables for several common distributions; Appendix D: Chapter 2: mathematical proofs; Appendix E: Chapter 3: mathematical proofs; Appendix F: Chapter 4: mathematical proofs; Appendix G: Chapter 5: mathematical proofs; Appendix H: Statistical tables; References; Index.
 Abstract:             Samples used in social and commercial surveys are usually less random than many people using them realise, or have been taught to analyse. This book, for practising researchers, introduces the challenges posed by less-than-perfect samples, giving background knowledge, practical guidance and, above all, realistic and implementable solutions