Survey Sampling

by Leslie Kish

An accessible book on sampling techniques with emphasis on and illustrations from surveys of human populations. Explains how to design and execute valid samples of moderate dimensions and difficulty, avoid selection biases and how to become more adept at evaluating sample results, judge their validity and limits of inference, applicability and precision. Contains numerous practical procedures, the domestic arts of sampling along with its science plus invaluable tricks that are usually learned only in apprenticeship.

664 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1965

Reviews

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kish is one of the foundational books on survey sampling. I am not one of those people who particularly enjoys wading through complex equations, and for that reason found my initial ventures into reading Kish to be quite frustrating. However, if you stick with it, over time Kish's descriptions do start to come together and make sense, and the examples he gives are quite useful in illustrating the concepts within. In short, Kish takes a certain initial investment of time, but the book delivers after that learning curve is overcome.