Following the chronological development of sample surveys, thisbook provides an analysis of the mathematical and statistical theory of the subject.The text begins with the mathematics of randomized sampling designs as well as a general treatment of estimation of population totals through the Horvits-Thompson estimator and its variants. The book then examines approximations and limit theorems for the distribution of the estimators and design-based estimation of other population quantities. It concludes with chapters concerning inference from surveys.Theory of Sample Surveys will assist in a range of applications, including: auditing quality monitoring market research wildlife surveys mining exploration agriculture and business surveys population health studies This book acts as an exceptional resource for survey methodologists in government organizations as well as lecturers and graduate students in statistics and biostatistics.   From The Critics   BooknewsSupplements graduate core textbooks and provides information for survey methodologists in government organizations and for scholars of statistics and biostatistics. Begins with the chronological development of sample surveys and the relevant mathematical and statistical theory. Then discusses the mathematics of randomized sampling designs, estimating population totals through the Horvitz-Thompson estimator and its variants, approximations and limit theorems for the distribution of the estimators, the design-based estimation of other population quantities, and inference from surveys. The methods are applicable beyond the usual social survey or opinion poll, in such tasks as auditing, monitoring quality, market research, mining exploration, and wildlife surveys. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.