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A sample drawn in several phases refers to the selection of a large-sized preliminary sample on which some quick and inexpensive method of measurement is applied,-followed by the drawing of a ...

This example illustrates the use of regression analysis in a simple random cluster sampling design. The data are from S rndal, Swenson, and Wretman (1992, p. 652). A total of 284 Swedish ...