TEACHING SURVEY SAMPLING

In recent years the focus of research in survey sampling has changed t o include a number of nontraditional topics such as nonsampling errors . In addition, the availability of data from large-scale sample survey s, along with computers and software to analyze the data, have changed the tools needed by survey sampling statisticians. It has also result ed in a diverse group of secondary data users who wish to learn how to analyze data from a complex survey. Thus it is time to reassess what we should be teaching students about survey sampling. This article bri ngs together a panel of experts on survey sampling and teaching to dis cuss their views on what should be taught in survey sampling classes a nd how it should he taught.