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History and Foundations of Sampling (26 entries)

1. Stephan, F. F. (1948). History of the uses of modern sampling procedures. Journal of the American Statistical Association 43:12‐37.

2. Seng, Y. P. (1951).Historical survey of the development of sampling theories and practice*. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 114(2):214‐231.

3. Godambe, V. P. (1954). A unified theory of sampling from finite populations. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 17(2):269‐278.

4. Royston, E. (1956). Studies in the history of probability and statistics III. A note on the history of he graphical presentation of data. Biometrika 43(3,4):16‐241‐247.

5. Sukhatme, P. V. (1966). Major developments in sampling theory and practice. Research papers in statistics. F. N. David Ed. John Wiley & Sons. 367‐409pp.

6. Rao, J. N. K. (1975). On the foundations of survey sampling. J.N. Srivastava, ed., A survey of statistical design and linear models. North Holland publishing company 489‐505pp.

7. Hansen, M. and Madow, W. G.(1976). Some important events in the historical development of sample surveys. History of Statistics and Probability. Owen, D. B. ed. 102pp.

8. Smith, T. M. F. (1976). The foundations of survey sampling: a review. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 139(2): 183‐204.

9. Stigler, S. (1980). Studies in the history of probability and statistics XXXVIII. Biometrika 67(1): 217‐221.

10. Smith, T. M. F. (1983). On the validity of inferences from non‐random samples. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 146(4): 394‐403.

11. Smith, T. M.F. (1984). Present position and potential developments: some personal views sample surveys. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 147(2):208‐221.

12. Hansen, M. H. Dalenius, T. and Tepping, B. J. (1985). The development of sample surveys of finite populations. A celebration of statistics. A. C. Atkinson & S.E. Feinberg, Eds. Springer‐Verlag:NY 606pp. SamplingFoundationsBiblio.pdf © 2011, Timothy G. Gregoire, Yale University

13. Seneta, E. (1985). A sketch of the history of survey sampling in Russia. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 148(2): 118‐125.

14. Porter, T. M. (1986). The roots of biometrical statistics. The rise of statistical thinking. Princeton University Press. QA 276.15 P67.

15. Bellhouse, D. R. (1988). A brief history of random sampling methods. P. R. Krishnaiah and C. R., Rao, eds., Handbook of Statistics, 6:1‐14.

16. Stigler, S. M. (1989). Francis Galton’s account of the invention of correlation. Statistical Science 4(2): 73‐86.

17. Rao, J. N. K. and Bellhouse, D. R. (1990). History and development of the theoretical foundations of survey based estimation and analysis. Survey Methodology 16(1):3‐29.

18. Stigler, S. M. (1992). Studies in the history of probability and statistics XLIII Karl Pearson and quasi‐independence. Biometrika 79(3): 563‐575.

19. Brewer, K. R. W. (1994). Survey sampling inference: some past perspectives and present prospects. Pakistan Journal of Statistics 10(1): 213‐233.

20. Kish, L. (1995). The Hundred Years’ Wars of Survey Sampling. Centennial Representative Sampling (ISI Proc ?)

21. Rao, J. N.K. (1997). Developments in sample survey theory: an appraisal*. The Canadian Journal of Statistics 25(1): 1‐21.

22. Wright, T. (2001). Selected moments in the development of probability sampling: theory & practice. SRMS (ASA section) Newsletter (July 2011) 19pp.

23. Rao, J. N.K. (2005). Interplay between sample survey theory and practice: an appraisal. Survey Methodology 31(2): 117‐138.

24. Stigler, S. M. (2010). Darwin, Galton and the Statistical Enlightenment. Journal of Royal Statistical Society 173(3): 469‐482.

25. Rao, J. N.K. (2011). Impact of frequentist and Bayesian methods on survey sampling practice: a selective appraisal. Statistical Science 26(2): 240‐256pp.

26. Chambers, R. L. (2011). Which sample survey strategy? A review of three different approaches. Pakistan Journal of Statistics 27(4):337‐357.