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Cluster Sampling in Hospital Surveillance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Leon F. Burmeister
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Simple random sampling of individuals from a finite population is generally regarded as the most basic of all sample designs. However, it is not commonly used for several reasons. It is often difficult and time consuming to generate a complete listing, or sampling frame, of all individuals in the population. The use of a random number table is also time consuming with a realistically large population, although computer-generated simple random samples greatly reduce this inefficiency.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 10 , Issue 12 , December 1989 , pp. 573 - 575
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1989

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