Statistics, Department of

The R Journal
Date of this Version
12-2015
Document Type
Article
Citation
The R Journal (December 2015) 7(2); Editor: Bettina Grün
Abstract
PracTools is an R package with functions that compute sample sizes for various types of finite population sampling designs when totals or means are estimated. One-, two-, and three-stage designs are covered as well as allocations for stratified sampling and probability proportional to size sampling. Sample allocations can be computed that minimize the variance of an estimator subject to a budget constraint or that minimize cost subject to a precision constraint. The package also contains some specialized functions for estimating variance components and design effects. Several finite populations are included that are useful for classroom instruction.
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Copyright 2015, The R Foundation. Open access material. License: CC BY 3.0 Unported