Sample Survey:
In a sample survey , a sample of units drawn from the population of interest is analyzed. A related concept is the census survey .
The main advantage of the sample survey (as compared to the census survey ) is that its implementation is technically simpler – because data are collected on only a fraction of the population (often a tiny fraction). The shortcoming is that the sampling procedure may introduce random errors and systematic errors .
See also: random sampling
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