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Explain the probability sampling strategies with examples.

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Jerzy Neyman's formalisation of stratified random sampling in the 1930s supplied the statistical logic that still underwrites every probability sampling strategy used in Indian social research today: a sample is only as trustworthy as the known, calculable chance each unit had of being drawn into it.

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  • Simple Random Sampling
  • Systematic Sampling
  • Stratified Sampling
  • Cluster Sampling
  • Multi-Stage Sampling — the Working Model Behind India's Large Surveys
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