Agricultural Survey Methods (eBook)

Roberto Benedetti, Federica Piersimoni, Marco Bee, Giuseppe Espa (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF

2010
434 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-66546-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Due to the widespread use of surveys in agricultural resources estimation there is a broad and recognizable interest in methods and techniques to collect and process agricultural data. This book brings together the knowledge of academics and experts to increase the dissemination of the latest developments in agricultural statistics. Conducting a census, setting up frames and registers and using administrative data for statistical purposes are covered and issues arising from sample design and estimation, use of remote sensing, management of data quality and dissemination and analysis of survey data are explored.

Key features:

* Brings together high quality research on agricultural statistics from experts in this field.

* Provides a thorough and much needed overview of developments within agricultural statistics.

* Contains summaries for each chapter, providing a valuable reference framework for those new to the field.

* Based upon a selection of key methodological papers presented at the ICAS conference series, updated and expanded to address current issues.

* Covers traditional statistical methodologies including sampling and weighting.

This book provides a much needed guide to conducting surveys of land use and to the latest developments in agricultural statistics. Statisticians interested in agricultural statistics, agricultural statisticians in national statistics offices and statisticians and researchers using survey methodology will benefit from this book.

Autor

R. Benedetti, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia. M Bee,?Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia. G Espa, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia. F Piersimoni, Italian Central Bureau of Statistics, Italy.

Rezensionen

"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)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.3.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Statistik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Wahrscheinlichkeit / Kombinatorik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: Methoden der Daten- u. Stichprobenerhebung • Statistics • Statistik • Survey Research Methods & Sampling
• ISBN-10: 0-470-66546-7 / 0470665467
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-66546-6 / 9780470665466