Sample Surveys: Inference and Analysis

book “Ancient Inhabitants of Jebel Moya” published by the Cambridge Press under the joint authorship of Rao and two anthropologists. On the basis of work done at CU during the two year period, 1946-1948, Rao earned a Ph.D. degree and a few years later Sc.D. degree of CU and the rare honor of life fellowship of Kings College, Cambridge.He retired from ISI in 1980 at the mandatory age of 60 after working for 40 years during which period he developed ISI as an international center for statistical education and research. He also took an active part in establishing state statistical bureaus to collect local statistics and transmitting them to Central Statistical Organization in New Delhi. Rao played a pivitol role in launching undergraduate and postgraduate courses at ISI. He is the author of 475 research publications and several breakthrough papers contributing to statistical theory and methodology for applications to problems in all areas of human endeavor. There are a number of classical statistical terms named after him, the most popular of which are Cramer-Rao inequality, Rao-Blackwellization, Rao’s Orthogonal arrays used in quality control, Rao’s score test, Rao’s Quadratic Entropy used in ecological work, Rao’s metric and distance which are incorporated in most statistical books.He is the author of 10 books, of which two important books are, Linear Statistical Inference which is translated into German, Russian, Czec, Polish and Japanese languages,and Statistics and Truth which is translated into, French, German, Japanese, Mainland Chinese, Taiwan Chinese, Turkish and Korean languages.He directed the research work of 50 students for the Ph.D. degrees who in turn produced 500 Ph.D.’s. Rao received 38 hon. Doctorate degree from universities in 19 countries spanning 6 continents. He received the highest awards in statistics in USA,UK and India: National Medal of Science awarded by the president of USA, Indian National Medal of Science awarded by the Prime Minister of India and the Guy Medal in Gold awarded by the Royal Statistical Society, UK. Rao was a recipient of the first batch of Bhatnagar awards in 1959 for mathematical sciences and and numerous medals in India and abroad from Science Academies. He is a Fellow of Royal Society (FRS),UK, and member of National Academy of Sciences, USA, Lithuania and Europe. In his honor a research Institute named as CRRAO ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE was established in the campus of Hyderabad University.

• Part 1. Sampling and Survey DesignIntroduction to Part 11. Introduction to Survey Sampling2. Sampling with Unequal Probabilities3. Two-Phase Sampling4. Multiple-Frame Surveys5. Designs for Surveys over Time6. Sampling of Rare Populations7. Design, Conduct, and Analysis of Random-Digit Dialing SurveysPart 2. Survey ProcessingIntroduction to Part 28. Nonresponse andWeighting9. Statistical Data Editing10. Imputation and Inference in the Presence of Missing Data11. Dealing with Outliers in Survey Data12. Measurement Errors in Sample Surveys13. Computer Software for Sample Surveys14. Record Linkage15. Statistical Disclosure Control for Survey DataPart 3. Survey ApplicationsIntroduction to Part 316. Sampling and Estimation in Household Surveys17. Sampling and Estimation in Business Surveys18. Sampling, Data Collection, and Estimation in Agricultural Surveys19. Sampling and Inference in Environmental Surveys20. Survey Sampling Methods in Marketing Research: A Review of Telephone, Mall Intercept, Panel, andWeb Surveys21. Sample Surveys and Censuses22. Opinion and Election PollsVolume 29B: Inference and AnalysisPart 4. Alternative Approaches to Inference fromIntroduction to Part 423. Model-Based Prediction of Finite Population Totals24. Design- and Model-Based Inference for Model Parameters25. CalibrationWeighting: Combining Probability Samples and Linear Prediction Models26. Estimating Functions and Survey Sampling27. Nonparametric and Semiparametric Estimation in Complex Surveys28. Resampling Methods in Surveys29. Bayesian Developments in Survey Sampling30. Empirical Likelihood MethodsPart 5. Special Estimation and Inference Problems31. Design-based Methods of Estimation for Domains and Small Areas32. Model-Based Approach to Small Area Estimation33. Design and Analysis of Surveys Repeated over Time34. The Analysis of Longitudinal Surveys35. Categorical Data Analysis for Simple and Complex Surveys36. Inference on Distribution Functions and Quantiles37. Scatterplots with Survey DataPart 6. Informative Sampling and Theoretical Aspects38. Population-Based Case-Control Studies39. Inference under Informative Sampling40. Asymptotics in Finite Population Sampling41. Some Decision-Theoretic Aspects of Finite Population Sampling