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Sampling in Difficult Settings: A Simulation Study Comparing Several Sampling Methods
Abstract
Background: Taking a representative sample to determine prevalence of variables like disease is difficult when little is known about the target population. Several methods have been proposed, including a recent revision of the World Health Organization’s Extended Program on Immunization (EPI) surveys. The original method uses probability proportional to size to sample towns and a nearest neighbour approach to sampling households within towns. …
Authors
Shannon H; Emond PD; Bolker BM; Viveros-Aguilera R
DOI
10.21203/rs.3.rs-85299/v1
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