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1. Distinguish between probability and non-probability sampling and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each. If you can not specify the probability that any given individual will be in the ...

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 ...