Tables of Random Sample Sizes Necessary to Estimate Mean and Aggregate Values.

Robert Goodell Brown

ResearchPublished 1963

A presentation of tools for the preparation of management reports from data collected by sampling. Complete inspection or counting of items may pose overwhelming data collection and processing problems. Sampling is a promising alternative, providing acceptable levels of accuracy at a much lower cost than complete enumeration. This Memorandum contains the design for tables to facilitate selecting a sample size or estimating average and total values from sample data. A set of 16 tables covering those cases of most interest is included, with instructions for its use

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