Sampling Weights and Test 2

Weeks 7 and 8: February 27 through March 8

MATH 418/518 ~ Sampling Survey Theory & Application ~ Spring 2007

Class meeting schedule and topics

Tuesday, February 27 ~	Sampling weights
Thursday, March 1 ~	Review
Tuesday, March 6 ~	Test 2
Thursday, March 8 ~	No class
Tuesday, March 20 ~	Cluster Sampling with Equal Probabilities

Homework Assignments

11. Due Tuesday, February 27

    Required work

    • Read Sections 4.4 on "Allocating Observations to Strata" and 4.5 on "Defining Strata"
    • Chapter 4 Exercise 3 on pages 119 and 120

    Optional work

    • Chapter 4 Exercises 1, 2, 4, and 5 on pages 119 through 121
    • Open ended media assignment

12. Due Thursday, March 1

    Required work

    • Chapter 4 Exercises 12 and 13 on pages 123 and 124

    Optional work

    • Chapter 4 Exercises 11, 14, and 15 on pages 123 through 125
    • Open ended media assignment

13. Due Tuesday, March 6

    Required work

    • Review Chapters 3 and 4

    Optional work

    • Test 2 Review Problems
    • Open ended media assignment

14. Due Tuesday, March 20

    Required work

    • Read Sections 4.1 and 4.2 on Stratified Sampling
    • Chapter 3 Exercises 1, 4, and (any one of 5, 6, and 7) on pages 89 and 90

    Optional work

    • Chapter 3 Exercises 2, 3, and 5 through 10 on pages 89 and 90
    • Open ended media assignment