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Example 1: The population from which samples are selected is {1,2,3,4,5,6}. This population has a mean of 3.5 and a standard deviation of 1.70783. The next display shows a histogram of the population.

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In the ranked set sampling algorithm a sample of size n2 is available. The data can be ranked without measurements. A subsample of size n is created using the information given by the ranks. The ...

Stratified sampling is considered, where (a) the mean integrated squared error (MISE) metric is used in place of the mean squared error (MSE) metric; (b) the entire ...