The aim of this paper is twofold. First, three theoretical principles are formalized: randomization, overrepresentation and restriction. We develop these principles and give a rationale for their use ...

Statistical inference with complex survey data is challenging because the sampling design can be informative, and ignoring it can produce misleading results. Current methods of Bayesian inference ...

Here are four programs that demonstrate sampling distributions. For each one, a "population" of 20,000 elements is established. The user selects a sample size and random samples are drawn from the ...