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Greetings, ASA Community.   I'm on the thesis committee for a MPH student who would like to propose simplifying Lyme disease surveillance through simple random sampling of cases for confirmation, possibly with logistic regression to improve precision.

There are all sorts of factors that are being glossed over (clustering of cases, etc) but I'm just trying to make incremental improvements in the student's work and understanding.   I'd like to make sure the student reads a good basic survey sampling reference.    My best option at the moment is the "survey sampling" chapter of Rice's "Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis"  (I have the 2nd edition, Amazon has the 3rd).   It covers population and sample mean & variance, illustrates the law of large numbers, addresses estimation of a ratio (not needed for the student), and explains the rationale for stratified random sampling.

Any other suggestions for a chapter or review-article length review for an entry-level epidemiologist?

Thank you.

Greetings, ASA Community.   I'm on the thesis committee for a MPH student who would like to propose simplifying Lyme disease surveillance through simple random sampling of cases for confirmation, possibly with logistic regression to improve precision.

There are all sorts of factors that are being glossed over (clustering of cases, etc) but I'm just trying to make incremental improvements in the student's work and understanding.   I'd like to make sure the student reads a good basic survey sampling reference.    My best option at the moment is the "survey sampling" chapter of Rice's "Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis"  (I have the 2nd edition, Amazon has the 3rd).   It covers population and sample mean & variance, illustrates the law of large numbers, addresses estimation of a ratio (not needed for the student), and explains the rationale for stratified random sampling.

Any other suggestions for a chapter or review-article length review for an entry-level epidemiologist?

Thank you.

Do you really believe that your MPH student has only to read a "very basic sampling reference" when statisticians take so much course work to understand the subject matter and alternative methods?  

I have no idea why others are identifying textbooks. Your student is not going to take the appropriate courses, s/he should have (and acknowledge) the guidance of a statistician to explain the statistical procedures and why they are appropriate.   

Greetings, ASA Community.   I'm on the thesis committee for a MPH student who would like to propose simplifying Lyme disease surveillance through simple random sampling of cases for confirmation, possibly with logistic regression to improve precision.

There are all sorts of factors that are being glossed over (clustering of cases, etc) but I'm just trying to make incremental improvements in the student's work and understanding.   I'd like to make sure the student reads a good basic survey sampling reference.    My best option at the moment is the "survey sampling" chapter of Rice's "Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis"  (I have the 2nd edition, Amazon has the 3rd).   It covers population and sample mean & variance, illustrates the law of large numbers, addresses estimation of a ratio (not needed for the student), and explains the rationale for stratified random sampling.

Any other suggestions for a chapter or review-article length review for an entry-level epidemiologist?

Thank you.

Try the Sage paperback:  Introduction to Survey Sampling

Greetings, ASA Community.   I'm on the thesis committee for a MPH student who would like to propose simplifying Lyme disease surveillance through simple random sampling of cases for confirmation, possibly with logistic regression to improve precision.

There are all sorts of factors that are being glossed over (clustering of cases, etc) but I'm just trying to make incremental improvements in the student's work and understanding.   I'd like to make sure the student reads a good basic survey sampling reference.    My best option at the moment is the "survey sampling" chapter of Rice's "Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis"  (I have the 2nd edition, Amazon has the 3rd).   It covers population and sample mean & variance, illustrates the law of large numbers, addresses estimation of a ratio (not needed for the student), and explains the rationale for stratified random sampling.

Any other suggestions for a chapter or review-article length review for an entry-level epidemiologist?

Thank you.

I have used both Groves and Fowler (Survey Methodology) and Scheaffer, Mendenhall and Ott (Elementary Survey Sampling) in my undergrad sampling classes. I think either would work for your purpose.

Greetings, ASA Community.   I'm on the thesis committee for a MPH student who would like to propose simplifying Lyme disease surveillance through simple random sampling of cases for confirmation, possibly with logistic regression to improve precision.

There are all sorts of factors that are being glossed over (clustering of cases, etc) but I'm just trying to make incremental improvements in the student's work and understanding.   I'd like to make sure the student reads a good basic survey sampling reference.    My best option at the moment is the "survey sampling" chapter of Rice's "Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis"  (I have the 2nd edition, Amazon has the 3rd).   It covers population and sample mean & variance, illustrates the law of large numbers, addresses estimation of a ratio (not needed for the student), and explains the rationale for stratified random sampling.

Any other suggestions for a chapter or review-article length review for an entry-level epidemiologist?

Thank you.

Greetings, ASA Community.   I'm on the thesis committee for a MPH student who would like to propose simplifying Lyme disease surveillance through simple random sampling of cases for confirmation, possibly with logistic regression to improve precision.

There are all sorts of factors that are being glossed over (clustering of cases, etc) but I'm just trying to make incremental improvements in the student's work and understanding.   I'd like to make sure the student reads a good basic survey sampling reference.    My best option at the moment is the "survey sampling" chapter of Rice's "Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis"  (I have the 2nd edition, Amazon has the 3rd).   It covers population and sample mean & variance, illustrates the law of large numbers, addresses estimation of a ratio (not needed for the student), and explains the rationale for stratified random sampling.

Any other suggestions for a chapter or review-article length review for an entry-level epidemiologist?

Thank you.

Greetings, ASA Community.   I'm on the thesis committee for a MPH student who would like to propose simplifying Lyme disease surveillance through simple random sampling of cases for confirmation, possibly with logistic regression to improve precision.

There are all sorts of factors that are being glossed over (clustering of cases, etc) but I'm just trying to make incremental improvements in the student's work and understanding.   I'd like to make sure the student reads a good basic survey sampling reference.    My best option at the moment is the "survey sampling" chapter of Rice's "Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis"  (I have the 2nd edition, Amazon has the 3rd).   It covers population and sample mean & variance, illustrates the law of large numbers, addresses estimation of a ratio (not needed for the student), and explains the rationale for stratified random sampling.

Any other suggestions for a chapter or review-article length review for an entry-level epidemiologist?

Thank you.

Greetings, ASA Community.   I'm on the thesis committee for a MPH student who would like to propose simplifying Lyme disease surveillance through simple random sampling of cases for confirmation, possibly with logistic regression to improve precision.

There are all sorts of factors that are being glossed over (clustering of cases, etc) but I'm just trying to make incremental improvements in the student's work and understanding.   I'd like to make sure the student reads a good basic survey sampling reference.    My best option at the moment is the "survey sampling" chapter of Rice's "Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis"  (I have the 2nd edition, Amazon has the 3rd).   It covers population and sample mean & variance, illustrates the law of large numbers, addresses estimation of a ratio (not needed for the student), and explains the rationale for stratified random sampling.

Any other suggestions for a chapter or review-article length review for an entry-level epidemiologist?

Thank you.

Greetings, ASA Community.   I'm on the thesis committee for a MPH student who would like to propose simplifying Lyme disease surveillance through simple random sampling of cases for confirmation, possibly with logistic regression to improve precision.

There are all sorts of factors that are being glossed over (clustering of cases, etc) but I'm just trying to make incremental improvements in the student's work and understanding.   I'd like to make sure the student reads a good basic survey sampling reference.    My best option at the moment is the "survey sampling" chapter of Rice's "Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis"  (I have the 2nd edition, Amazon has the 3rd).   It covers population and sample mean & variance, illustrates the law of large numbers, addresses estimation of a ratio (not needed for the student), and explains the rationale for stratified random sampling.

Any other suggestions for a chapter or review-article length review for an entry-level epidemiologist?

Thank you.

Greetings, ASA Community.   I'm on the thesis committee for a MPH student who would like to propose simplifying Lyme disease surveillance through simple random sampling of cases for confirmation, possibly with logistic regression to improve precision.

There are all sorts of factors that are being glossed over (clustering of cases, etc) but I'm just trying to make incremental improvements in the student's work and understanding.   I'd like to make sure the student reads a good basic survey sampling reference.    My best option at the moment is the "survey sampling" chapter of Rice's "Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis"  (I have the 2nd edition, Amazon has the 3rd).   It covers population and sample mean & variance, illustrates the law of large numbers, addresses estimation of a ratio (not needed for the student), and explains the rationale for stratified random sampling.

Any other suggestions for a chapter or review-article length review for an entry-level epidemiologist?

Thank you.

Wiley Series in Probability and Mathematical Statistics - A Sampler on Sampling - Bill Williams - Bell Labs