Basic Concept

This section briefly introduces all sampling parameters and software parameters in the course of sampling, user can clearly understand the meaning of the various parameters, faster familiar with the basic knowledge of the software. The list is as follows:
Population size

Total number of sample units in a population has probability of being chosen

Population variance£©
T rue variance (each sample may be calculated by measuring the value of the variance) came from last survey or historical data, can not obtain accurately
Given variance of estimation

User expects to get variance from sampling survey

Sample mean
Average value of sample.
Absolute error

According to user input significance level of confidence and sample mean, a possible target value range can be obtained by means of an addition and subtraction to mean, this value is known as the absolute error

Alpha£¨ significance level of confidence £©

According to mean normal probability distribution, the extent to which users hope that the results credible. Users have the credibility of the results by (1 - alpha / 2) % to that.

Initial sample size in iteration
When in the calculation of sample size, need to use t distribution, two parameters needed to calculate the t value, one is a sample size, another is an alpha. t distribution in the calculation will be used many times. Initial sample size through iteration calculations is obtained at the final convergence. The initial sample size in iteration is firstly used to calculate t value of the sample size, the system defaults to 1. (It is best not to amend)
Presampling mean

Before sampling, Users take a certain area of the investigation and obtain sample mean.

Relative error

Users from sampling expect to get the relative ratio between sample mean and the real object value (sample mean less real object value divided by real object values).

Proportion of object
Represent the percentage of the survey target value.
Coefficient of Variance
The ratio of standard deviation and mean known as variance coefficient, written as C.V. Variance coefficient can eliminate units and (or) mean with difference from the average of two or more variance data on the impact of degree of comparison.
Formula is: CV £½ ¦Ò/¦Ì .

Sampling rate of initial sampling
Prior to sampling, Users take a range of surveys and get rate of value from initial samples.
Presampling size

Pre-sample the number of sample units used.

Sample variance of initial sampling

Pre-sample, the samples have variance.

Dispersion variance

The average sum of squared difference between sample data and sample mean is called sample variance; The square root of sample variance is called sample standard deviation. Sample variance and standard deviation measure fluctuations in a sample value. The bigger of samples variance or standard deviation, the greater volatility of the sample data.

Mathematics in general use E ([XE (X)] ^ 2) to measure random variables X and its average E (X) the degree of deviation, known as the X variance

N is the population unit size, x i is the observed value of the ith sample unit £¬ is the sample mean.

z-value

Normal cumulative distribution of inverse function, and be based on percentage of value.

Sample size
Number of sample unit collected
Adjusted coefficient of sample size
The actual sample size is based on user input parameters to calculate the theoretical value multiplied by the rate of samples expanding to get expanding percentage of the number of samples
Map of the region
Map for sampling, which is space for sample site and non-spatial features layer. It is different form sample region. Sample region may be a subset of map of the region of interesting. The features of sample information come from map of the region .
Sampling region

Region for total possible sample units

Ssampling models
Sampling models here including Simple random sample, Systematic sample, Stratified random sample, Spatial random sample, Spatial stratified sample and Sandwich sample
Sampling unit

During the sample process, need to raster map of the region of interesting to obtain sample space. (after raster settings each raster could be a possible sample). Sampling unit is sampling resolution and also is the width of the smallest raster.

Sampling Layer
The vector map raster for storage.
Reporting unit

Announced the results of the sampling unit, It is on top-level units in "sandwich" model, the final sample results is the unit value.

Total cost
The budget for the total sample (only reference value, did not participate in calculation. No restriction to basic costs and cost per sampling unit ).
Base Cost

Cost for sampling.

Cost per sampling unit

Each sample need to use the cost

Sampling resolution

During the sampling process, need to raster map of the region to obtain sample space.
(after raster settings each raster could be a possible sample). Sampling unit is sampling resolution and also is the width of the smallest raster.

Scale value

For example: temperature (degree centigrade), rainfall(millimeter), output(ton), heavy-metal content(g/cm3), population density(number of population/km2)

Proportion value

For example: morbidity(%), sex ratio(%), and so on.

Population

The whole surveyed objects, in sampling technology, population is evaluated by a number of samples

Sample unit
Namely, sample site, which is the smallest unit of sampling. Sampling technology is to evaluate the population by selecting a number of sampling units and obtaining the features (call sample)
Sample

The set of the sample unit.

User expectation accuracy
When statistically infer the population by the sample, the variance of the population mean is estimated.
Sampling project
Before sampling. Users define files, save all the information in sampling process.
Sample site stratification

File from the storage of sample site

Sampling file
A file records input and output data and file storage address in the sampling process
Sampling range
when sampling, the sample district is only a general geometry, has no feature information