Area Sampling/Examples/Arbitrary Example 1
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Example of Area Sampling
In a study of farming, it may be appropriate to use a grid of squares $5 \, \mathrm {km} \times 5 \, \mathrm {km}$ in area.
Hence one would include in the sample each of the farms lying inside each of the selected squares.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): area sampling
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): area sampling