Advantages of Simple Random Sampling in Research

Discover how simple random sampling ensures accurate and unbiased population research, offering efficiency and fairness over ...
Pew Research Center

When surveying small populations, some approaches are more inclusive than others

Survey researchers increasingly recognize that a single survey of the general public can rarely represent the views of small groups of Americans. Such surveys frequently have too few interviews with ...
The New York Times

If We Can’t Test Everyone for Coronavirus, This Is the Next Best Thing

Random sampling is the quickest, most feasible and most effective means of assessing the U.S. population. By Louis Kaplow Mr. Kaplow is a professor of law and economics at Harvard. We are flying blind ...
Cleveland.com

Ohio plans random population testing to help determine how many people have coronavirus

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Health plans to randomly sample Ohio’s population for the coronavirus, which will provide much needed information of how extensive COVID-19 is in the state. The ...
Slate

We Can’t Get a Handle on the Coronavirus Pandemic Without Random Testing

It is fair to say that every one of us would like to see progress against COVID-19 and toward a return to normalcy. And if you follow the news, you’ll hear that testing is the key. Test more! Test ...