STAT 323 - Sampling Design and Analysis (3 credits)

(Prereq: A grade of ‘C’ or better in STAT 201) This course highlights important areas of survey design and analysis. Design of the survey instrument and its distribution are covered. The impacts of nonresponse and other types of bias are discussed. Tools are given for summarizing and conducting inference on some of the most common designs including stratified and cluster sampling. Extensive use of software. S, odd years.