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Providing cutting-edge perspectives and real-world insights into the greater utility of probability and its applications, the Handbook of Probability offers an equal balance of theory and direct applications in a non-technical, yet comprehensive, format.

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1 History of Probability Theory

By: Vasja Vehovar, Matka Zaletel & Rudi Seljak
In:Handbook of Probability: Theory and Applications
Chapter DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452226620.n14
Subject:Quantitative/Statistical Research, Quantitative Methods
Keywords:cross-sectional survey; data editing; estimation; official statistics; sampling; sampling error; surveying

14 Probabilistic Methodsin Surveys and Official Statistics

14 Probabilistic methods in surveys and official statistics

VasjaVehovarMatkaZaletel, and RudiSeljak

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Historically, the development of probabilistic methods in survey sampling has been closely linked to official statistics. One of the first large-scale attempts to infer about a target population from ...

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  Vehovar, Vasja, Matka Zaletel, and Rudi Seljak. "14 Probabilistic Methodsin Surveys and Official Statistics." In Handbook of Probability: Theory and Applications, 225-40. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452226620.n14.
  
  Vehovar, V., Zaletel, M. and Seljak, R. 2008. 14 Probabilistic Methodsin Surveys and Official Statistics. In: 2008. Handbook of Probability: Theory and Applications, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 225-240 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452226620.n14> [Accessed 5 Aug 2021].
  
  Vehovar, Vasja, et al. "14 Probabilistic Methodsin Surveys and Official Statistics." Handbook of Probability: Theory and Applications. Tamás Rudas. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 225-40. SAGE Knowledge. 5 Aug 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781452226620.n14.
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