This is a floating point number between 0 and 1 which determines the proportion of lines to sample from the input files. This is an integer of the number of lines to be sampled. Sampling a specific ...

Abstract: We explore in this paper a novel sampling algorithm, referred to as algorithm PAS (standing for proportion approximation sampling), to generate a high-quality online sample with the desired ...

Importance: The United States (US) Medicare claims files are valuable sources of national healthcare utilization data with over 45 million beneficiaries each year. Due to their massive sizes and costs ...

According to a recent poll by Gallup.com, 59% of Americans believe that the amount they pay in income taxes is fair. The survey was based on a sample 1017 American adults. If the pollsters talked to ...