Practical methods for design and analysis of complex surveys /

Here is a very informative and clearly written book on the design and analysis of complex surveys. An attractive feature is the integration of survey analysis and survey sampling in one volume, which provides the reader with useful and practical tools for sampling methodology and estimation. Lehtonen and Pahkinen present valuable material on the gains from the use of available auxiliary information for efficient sampling and estimation, and on the conceptual separation of analytical surveys and descriptive surveys. The authors cover sampling design, the design-efficient statistic, missing data and how to handle them, making use of auxiliary information, variance and covariance estimation, design-based analysis of frequency tables, and multivariate procedures for complex surveys. This application-oriented book presents concepts and relevant topics through case studies and fully worked examples taken from such sources as health, social, business, socioeconomic, and educational surveys. Useful references; subject and author indexes. Two appendixes treat software for survey analysis and bootstrap variance approximation. There are no exercises or problems. Overall, a very useful book. Highly recommended. Undergraduate through faculty. D. V. Chopra; Wichita State University