Syllabus
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Course Code: DSCS-319 Course Name: Sample Surveys |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Concepts of census and sample survey, basic concepts in sampling. Sampling and Non-sampling errors. Principal steps involved in a sample survey; bias, precision and accuracy, advantages of sampling over complete census, limitations of sampling, different methods of data collection. | |
| 2 | Basic sampling methods: Simple random sampling (SRS) with and without replacement, use of random number tables, estimation of mean and variance in case of SRS. Simple random sampling of attributes, size of simple random sample. | |
| 3 | Stratified random sampling, estimation of population mean, variance of the estimate of population mean in stratified random sampling, allocation of sample size, proportional allocation, optimum allocation. Comparison of Stratified random sampling with SRS. | |
| 4 | Systematic random sampling, estimation of mean and variance. Comparison of Systematic random sampling with SRS and Stratified random sampling, Ratio and regression methods of estimation under SRSWOR. | |
