Important Terms of Sampling

Sampling

Census

Objective of Sampling

Population/Statistical Population (Animate and inanimate, Concrete and abstract, Finite and infinite,
Existent and Hypothetical, Sampled and Target, Discrete and Continuous)

Parameter

Population Size (N)

Sample

Random and Non-Random Sample

Statistics

Sampling Units/Units

Sample Size (n)

Variable of Interest (Random Variable X)

Population Distribution (Distribution of random variable X)

Basic Purpose of sampling

Reliability (standard error of statistic & its exact sampling distribution)

Advantages of Sampling

Sample Design and Sample Survey

Main Steps of Sample Survey

Sampling Frame

Probability & non-probability Sampling

Sampling with and without replacement

Sampling and non-sampling errors

Sampling Bias
Random Number Table

Probability sampling (SRS, Stratified Sampling, Systematic sampling, Cluster Sampling, Multi Stage, Multi-
Phase Sampling, Sequential sampling)

Non-Probability sampling (Purposive and Quota Sampling)

Sampling distribution of Mean

Central Limit Theorem

Sampling Distribution of Sampling Proportion

Sampling Distribution of Variance