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cluster sampling

[′kləs·tər ‚sam·pliŋ]

(statistics)

A random sampling plan in which the population is subdivided into groups called clusters so that there is small variability within clusters and large variability between clusters.

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Systematic adaptive cluster sampling for the assessment of rare tree species in Nepal.Forest Ecology andManagement, 137(3): 65 - 73.

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The toolkit, which can be freely downloaded from the CDC website at www.cdc.gov/nceh/hsb/disaster/casper.htm, explains how to perform cluster sampling and conduct field assessments.

The use of community assessment for public health emergency response to evaluate NWS warnings

In this paper, designs for cluster sampling and stratified cluster sampling under multiplicative model and corresponding formulas for parameter estimation are provided.

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Inverse adaptive cluster sampling. Biometrics 57:1096-1105.

Application of an acoustic--trawl survey design to improve estimates of rockfish biomass

As shown, after adjusting for the cluster sampling effect, a number of variables were significantly associated with social interaction anxiety.

Factors associated with social interaction anxiety among Chinese adolescents

It is contrary to the conventional cluster sampling where sample size 'n' is fixed in advance and the rare event is counted after attaining the sample size 'n', then the disease burden 'P' is estimated as m/n where m is the number of events in the study population.

Inverse sampling to study disease burden of leprosy

The effect of cluster sampling design in survey research on the standard error statistic.

Elementary-school mathematics instruction and achievement of fourth-grade students in Japan: findings from the TIMSS 2007 assessment

This prospective study identified, using a two-stage cluster sampling method, young men intending to undergo traditional or clinical circumcision in Bungoma district, Kenya, where male circumcision is universally practised.

Complications after male circumcision for HIV prevention, Kenya

Cluster sampling is often used for geographic data such as real estate where clusters are naturally occurring.

Research design, hypothesis testing, and sampling

For the purpose of sampling, the stratified cluster sampling was used.

The relationship between quality management, strategic control systems and financial performance of Malaysia local government

The two-stage cluster sampling surveys among reproductive-aged women, 15 to 45 years old, were conducted between September 2006 and January 2007 in the Shan, Mon, Karen, and Karenni communities in eastern Myanmar.