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Title: Now superseded
Review: I have used this textbook and earlier editions in undergraduate teaching and in consulting work several times over the last 20 years. While I considered it only adequate, I could not find a suitable replacement for these situations (Cochran and Särndal et al. would be good for a graduate course).I have now experimented with Sampling: Design and Analysis 2nd Ed. by Sharon L. LohrSampling: Design and Analysis (Advanced Series)and I have found that it completely supersedes Scheaffer et al. from all points of view. In my opinion Lohr's book and Survey Methodology 2nd ed, by Robert M. Groves et al.Survey Methodology (Wiley Series in Survey Methodology)create together an outstanding and up-to-date resource for the teaching and practice of survey sampling.
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