Agricultural Survey MethodsISBN: 978-0-470-74371-3
Hardcover
434 pages
May 2010
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"All over the world, agricultural surveys are conducted to gather a
large amount of information on the classic crops, yields,
livestock, and other agricultural resources. The survey and
analysis methods have tended to be locally devised to meet local or
national conditions, cultures, and goals, but over the past few
years, efforts have been made to establish methods that would allow
comparison and evaluation across national and cultural boundaries.
A summary of that effort is provided here in 22 methodology papers
selected from presentations at the International Conference on
Agricultural Statistics in 1998, 2001, 2004, and 2007. They address
issues in census, frames, registers, and administrative data;
sample design, weighting, and estimation; geographical information
systems and remote sensing; data editing and quality assurance; and
data dissemination and survey data analysis. Mathematicians and
economists looking toward agriculture, agricultural scientists
looking at statistics, and researchers and policy-making looking at
the intersection could all find the volume to be a valuable
reference." (SciTech Book News, December 2010)