Unifying design-based and model-based sampling theory -- some suggestions to clear the cobwebs

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contents This paper gives a holistic overview of both the design-based and model-based paradigms for sampling theory. Both methods are presented within a unified framework with a simple consistent notation, and the differences in the two paradigms are explained within this common framework. We examine the different definitions of the "population variance" within the two paradigms and examine the use of Bessel's correction for a population variance. We critique some messy aspects of the presentation of the design-based paradigm and implore readers to avoid the standard presentation of this framework in favour of a more explicit presentation that includes explicit conditioning in probability statements. We also discuss a number of confusions that arise from the standard presentation of the design-based paradigm and argue that Bessel's correction should be applied to the population variance.
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spellingShingle Unifying design-based and model-based sampling theory -- some suggestions to clear the cobwebs
O'Neill, Ben
Methodology
Statistics Theory
This paper gives a holistic overview of both the design-based and model-based paradigms for sampling theory. Both methods are presented within a unified framework with a simple consistent notation, and the differences in the two paradigms are explained within this common framework. We examine the different definitions of the "population variance" within the two paradigms and examine the use of Bessel's correction for a population variance. We critique some messy aspects of the presentation of the design-based paradigm and implore readers to avoid the standard presentation of this framework in favour of a more explicit presentation that includes explicit conditioning in probability statements. We also discuss a number of confusions that arise from the standard presentation of the design-based paradigm and argue that Bessel's correction should be applied to the population variance.
title Unifying design-based and model-based sampling theory -- some suggestions to clear the cobwebs
topic Methodology
Statistics Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.13453