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Introduction to Neyman (1934) On the Two Different Aspects of the Representative Method: The Method of Stratified Sampling and the Method of Purposive Selection

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Neyman was born in 1894 in Russia to Polish parents. An extensive account of his private and professional life is found in Reid (1982), which divides Neyman’s life into three periods.

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Dalenius, T. (1992). Introduction to Neyman (1934) On the Two Different Aspects of the Representative Method: The Method of Stratified Sampling and the Method of Purposive Selection. In: Kotz, S., Johnson, N.L. (eds) Breakthroughs in Statistics. Springer Series in Statistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4380-9_11

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