2.1. Systematic &Stratified Random Sampling
Many populations are naturally divided into a number of
non-overlapping subpopulations, denoted as strata or
clusters. Generally the population is divided into K strata,
each consisting of individuals. If the estimator of the
mean in each stratum is unbiased, then the stratified
estimator of the mean for the stratified sample is an
unbiased estimator of the population mean, µ. In most cases
stratified sampling leads to more efficient sampling than
simple random sampling, so that higher precision(less
variance) can be obtained in the estimates. (Jorgen
Lauridsen, 2005).Precision can be calculated based on
different allocations of the sample,