- Docente: Fedele Pasquale Greco
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-S/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Finance, Insurance and Business (cod. 8872)
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course the Student will be able to plan sample surveys with basic sampling designs.
Course contents
Inference in finite and infinite population sampling . Design based inference. Simple random sampling with and without replacement. Unequal probability sampling. Horvitz Thompson estimators. Stratified random sampling. Cluster sampling. The estimation of sample size. Quotient estimators.
Readings/Bibliography
G. Cicchitelli, A. Herzel, G.E. Montanari, Il campionamento statistico. Il Mulino, Bologna, 1997.
Sharon Lohr, “Sampling: design and analysis”, Pacific Grove, Duxbury press, 1999.
Some additional readings will be indicated during the course.
Teaching methods
Each topic covered in the lectures will be followed by exercises in practical classes.
Assessment methods
Written test and a facultative oral examination
Office hours
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