The paper shows that under very broad conditions the usual theorems concerning the limiting distributions of estimates hold for estimates based on samples selected from finite universes, at random ...

Survey mode effects linked to unit nonresponse and screening procedures were estimated in a study of self-reported tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use. Two samples of the same population were drawn ...

Conflicting findings are often reported in microbiome association studies, which could be due to insufficient sample sizes and numerous confounders. A new study, utilizing two large-scale human ...

Generally, we expect that surveys representing the same target population should produce estimates that are consistent with one another; that is, measures taken at roughly the same time should not ...

By Courtney Kennedy, Andrew Mercer, Scott Keeter, Nick Hatley, Kyley McGeeney and Alejandra Gimenez As the costs and nonresponse rates of traditional, probability-based surveys seem to grow each year, ...

An illustration of the various elements of the overall Mars Sample Return effort. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech WASHINGTON — NASA has confirmed that one scenario for the cost of its Mars Sample Return (MSR ...