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Dr Jacob John, former chief of ICMR's Centre for Advanced Research in Virology, speaks to TOI on why the outcome of random sampling may not be a correct measure of the extent of the Covid-19 threat ...

In a recently published news story, we learn about a young doctor, Jake Deutsch, and his personal experience with coronavirus disease 2019. Deutsch tested positive for Covid-19 and checked himself ...

Sampling is a type of scientific surveying which can save time and money and give information on the population of animals and plants. There are many different types of sampling; the most useful type ...

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A method of sample selection for household telephone interviewing via random digit dialing is developed which significantly reduces the cost of such surveys as compared to dialing numbers completely ...

Why is random sampling important? Because it makes it easier to make generalizations. For instance, it is difficult to make generalizations about how Covid-19 is affecting people if we use a ...