Advanced Sampling Methods (7 ECTS)

Sampling with unequal selection probabilities. Sampling with probabilities proportional to size. Sampling weights. Parameter estimation methods for unequal probability sampling and variance estimation of estimators. Cluster sampling with unequal probabilities.

Use of auxiliary information in estimation. Ratio estimator. Regression estimator. Post-stratified sampling estimator. Variance estimation in complex sampling designs. Subpopulation (domain) estimation. Estimation for rare populations. Handling non-sampling errors. Adjustment methods for nonresponse.

Reweighting. Imputation.

Recommended Bibliography

• Πανεπιστημιακές Σημειώσεις.
• Παπαγεωργίου, Ι. (2016). Θεωρία δειγματοληψίας [Ηλεκτρονικός πόρος]. Ελληνικά Ακαδημαϊκά Ηλεκτρονικά Συγγράμματα και Βοηθήματα - Αποθετήριο "Κάλλιπος". https://repository.kallipos.gr/handle/11419/1296
• Lumley, T. (2010). Complex surveys: A guide to analysis using R [Electronic resource]. Wiley. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470580066
• Lehtonen, R., & Pahkinen, E. (2014). Practical methods for design and analysis of complex surveys [Electronic resource]. Wiley. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/0470091649
• Laaksonen, S. (2018). Survey methodology and missing data [Electronic resource]. Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-79011-4
• Longford, N. T. (2005). Missing data and small-area estimation [Electronic resource]. Springer London. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/1-84628-195-4Τρόπος Διδασκαλίας: Πρόσωπο με πρόσωπο.

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