The rise of internet polling makes it more feasible to publish estimates for Asian Americans. But these estimates offer a limited view. What does the migration to online polling mean for the country’s ...

Survey sampling and estimation methods form the cornerstone of modern statistical inference, underpinning research across the social, medical, and natural sciences. At their heart, these methods ...

Note: This report was updated on Dec. 30, 2015 to reflect the January-July 2015 National Health Interview Survey estimates released on December 1, 2015. Telephone surveys face numerous challenges, but ...

Random close RandomOccurring without a pattern. Unpredictable. sampling is where each member of a population is equally likely to be selected. Possible methods include using a random number generator ...

Oct. 8, 2008— -- Surveys based on a random sample of respondents are subject to sampling error – a calculation of how closely the results reflect the attitudes ...

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