Contributions to Sampling Statistics

This book contains a selection of the papers presented at the ITACOSM 2013 Conference, held in Milan in June 2013.nbsp;It is intended as an internationalnbsp;forum of scientific discussion on the developments of theory and application of survey sampling methodologies and applications in human and natural sciences. The book gathers research papersnbsp;carefully selected from both invited and contributed sessions of the conference. The whole book appears to benbsp;anbsp;relevant...
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This book contains a selection of the papers presented at the ITACOSM 2013 Conference, held in Milan in June 2013.nbsp;It is intended as an internationalnbsp;forum of scientific discussion on the developments of theory and application of survey sampling methodologies and applications in human and natural sciences. The book gathers research papersnbsp;carefully selected from both invited and contributed sessions of the conference. The whole book appears to benbsp;anbsp;relevant contribution to various key aspects of sampling methodology and techniques; it dealsnbsp;with some hot topics in sampling theory, such asnbsp;calibration, quantile-regression and multiple frame surveys and with innovative methodologies in important topics of both sampling theory and applications.nbsp;Contributions cut across current sampling methodologies such as interval estimation for complex samples, randomized responses, bootstrap, weighting, modeling, imputation, small area estimationnbsp;and effective use of auxiliary information; applications cover a wide and enlarging range of subjects in official household surveys, Bayesian networks,nbsp;auditing,nbsp;business and economicnbsp;surveys, geostatistics andnbsp; agricultural statistics. The book is an updated, high level reference surveynbsp;addressed to researchers, professionals and practitioners in many fields.