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Stratified mean-per-unit sampling is a key tool used by auditors. The popularity of this statistical procedure arises from its unique ability to produce trustworthy ...

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In a stratified sample, it is possible that some strata will have only one sampling unit. When this happens, PROC SURVEYREG collapses these strata that contain single sampling unit into a pooled ...

Suppose that the previous student sample is actually drawn from a stratified sampling. The strata are grades in the junior high school: the 7th grade, the 8th grade, and the 9th grade. Within strata, ...