A Statistical Study of the Veterans Administration Annual Patient Census, Sampling Procedure, 1975-1977

摘要

A study of the census sampling procedure in Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals for the VA Annual Patient Census in the years 1975, 1976, and 1977. The study revealed statistically significant departures from the theoretical 'random' expectations, but concluded that this was due to undersampling. Two suggestions were made on improvements to correct the undersampling problem. Overall, the census sampling procedure was judged adequate.