Course Catalogue

View Specification Document | Reading List

The course provides the basic theory of survey sampling.

.

Timetable information is available from the University of Bologna.
http://corsi.unibo.it/1Cycle/StatisticalSciences/Pages/course-timetable.aspx?CodiceCorso=8873&Indirizzo=A32&AnnoCorso=2

This course is only available to students on the Double Degree programme in Statistics with the University of Bologna.

-/-

-/-

End-of-course examination, carried out in accordance with the assessment procedures and regulations of the University of Bologna.

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non-Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

This course aims 

■ to establish a solid understanding of the basic theory of survey sampling, with a focus on simple, stratified and probability sampling; and

■ to train students in deriving estimates and their standard errors for different sampling schemes.

By the end of the course students will be able to:

■ employ simple, stratified and probability sampling;

■ derive the estimators and associated standard errors of population in the different sampling strategies;

■ perform correct estimation by the ratio principle;

■ explain the difference between observational and experimental studies.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.