1. Facultad de Matemáticas, Universidad de Sevilla, Tarfia s/n, 41012 Sevilla, Spain;2. Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Park End Street, Oxford OX1 1HP, United Kingdom
Abstract:
The two main and contradicting criteria guiding sampling design are accuracy of estimators and sampling costs. In stratified random sampling, the sample size must be allocated to strata in order to optimize both objectives.