A Study of Efficiency Calculation in Multistage Sampling and Reliability Calculations

Abstract

In all the sample selection procedures discussed so far in this block, the entire investigation was based on the assumption that a usable list of units (i.e., a frame) is available from which one selects a sample. Unfortunately, not always such a list of units is available especially when we are concerned with countrywide investigations. Even existence of such a list of units under investigation (in some cases) would not give us enough scope to base our enquiry on a simple random sample because of high budgeting costs. The clean development mechanism (CDM) Executive Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) at its fiftieth meeting approved the “General Guidelines for Sampling and Surveys for Small-Scale CDM Project Activities (sampling guideline)”. Further, the Board at its sixtieth meeting agreed to set up a joint task force comprising members of the Methodologies Panel and the Small-Scale Working Group to further work on the issue to develop one set of common sampling guidelines and best practices examples covering large and small-scale projects and Programme of Activities (PoAs). It further agreed that the scope of the guidelines shall include guidance to designated operational entities (DOEs) on how to review sampling and survey designs in project design documents (PDDs) as well as how to apply sampling to validation/verification work.