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Course Notes - Department of Mathematics and Statistics

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Source: skyscrapercity.comSampling frame• Sampling frame - List <strong>of</strong> items in a population from which asample is drawn.• Rarely coincides with the entire population <strong>of</strong> interest.- Telephone numbers- Electoral roll- lists <strong>of</strong> licence holders• Often don’t exist- List <strong>of</strong> all Hector’s dolphins in New Zeal<strong>and</strong>?- List <strong>of</strong> all potential buyers <strong>of</strong> a new drug• Even without a list we can ensure an unbiased sample if everyindividual has the same chance <strong>of</strong> being drawn.Example 1: Gamebird surveys• Gamebird hunting licence required – natural sampling frame.• Questionnaires used to estimate gamebird harvest in the 1980s.• Mailout plus one reminder then a telephone sample <strong>of</strong> r<strong>and</strong>omlyselected nonrespondents.17

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