Adaptive cluster sampling is a powerful method for parameter estimation when a population is highly clumped with clumps widely separated. Unfortunately, its use has been somewhat limited until now ...

Sankhyā: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Series B (1960-2002), Vol. 61, No. 1, Sample Surveys (Apr., 1999), pp. 133-144 (12 pages) The polya posterior gives a noninformative Bayesian justification ...