Researchers choose simple random sampling to make generalizations about a population. Major advantages include its simplicity and lack of bias.

Simple random sampling is the foundation for almost every method taught in introductory statistics classes. Many students, however, have difficulty understanding the difference between simple random ...

When observations are costly or time-consuming but the ranking of the observations without actual measurement can be done relatively easily, rankedset sampling (RSS) can be employed instead of simple ...

A statistically designed random sampling scheme, based on as few as 100 people, would give a very high probability of detecting if there are any COVID-19 cases and highlight at-risk hotspots.