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The method of systematic random sampling (METHOD=SYS) selects units at a fixed interval throughout the sampling frame or stratum after a random start. PROC SURVEYSELECT chooses the first unit randomly ...

1. Urban forest ecosystems confer multiple ecosystem services. There is therefore a need to quantify ecological characteristics in terms of community structure and composition so that benefits can be ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics), Vol. 36, No. 2 (1987), pp. 145-152 (8 pages) Ranked set sampling is a technique for estimating the mean of a population, of use ...