Sample Survey
This course is specially designed for the ISI MStat 2025 aspirant batch at Supremum Classes. Here we will learn the Simple Random Sampling and Stratified sampling which is included in the ISI MStat syllabus. You are advised to go through the textbook with the lecture notes.
Textbook: Sampling Theory and Methods, S.Sampath
Reference Book: Theory and Methods of Survey Sampling: Parimal Mukhopadhyay
Lecture schedule: Sunday from 9 pm - 11 pm (IST) at the Google Meet platform. (Google Meet link is available in the description of the WhatsApp group)
Doubt-clearing sessions:
Please send your doubts/Problems over WhatsApp and I may either send the voice message of your doubts or solutions to your problems over WhatsApp or we will discuss that in the next class.
Lecture Notes:
Lecture I: Introduction to Sample Survey, Simple random sampling without replacement (SRSWOR).
Lecture II: Simple random sampling with replacement (SRSWR)
Lecture III: Finite population correction.
Lecture IV: Simple random sampling for attributes.
Lecture VI: Problem-Solving Session.
Some Useful Resources:
Introduction to Sampling Theory (Instructor: Professor Shalabh, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur), Swayam Prabha Course: https://home.iitk.ac.in/~shalab/spsampling.htm
STAT 506: Sampling Theory and Methods (Pennsylvania State University): https://online.stat.psu.edu/stat506/