Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Δειγματοληψία κατά συστάδες εδάφους	Στρωματοποιημένη Δειγματοληψία
Πεδίο	Μεθοδολογία Επισκοπήσεων	Μεθοδολογία Επισκοπήσεων
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1950s (theory); 1970s–1980s (field survey practice)	1977
Δημιουργός	William G. Cochran (theoretical foundations); WHO EPI programme (field application)	William G. Cochran
Τύπος	Probability sampling design	Probability-based survey sampling design
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	World Health Organization. (1991). Training for mid-level managers: The EPI coverage survey. WHO/EPI/MLM/91.10. World Health Organization.	Cochran, W. G. (1977). Sampling Techniques (3rd ed.). Wiley. ISBN: 978-0-471-16240-7
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	field cluster sampling, in-field cluster sampling, area cluster sampling (field), field survey cluster design	Proportional Stratified Sampling, Optimal Allocation Sampling, Stratum-Based Sampling, Tabakalı Örnekleme
Συναφείς	6	2
Σύνοψη	Field-based cluster sampling is a probability sampling method in which naturally occurring geographic or administrative groups (clusters) are first randomly selected, and then data are collected in person from units within those clusters. It is the standard design for large-scale field surveys in public health, agriculture, education, and humanitarian response, where compiling a full population list is impractical but clusters such as villages, schools, or census tracts can be identified and physically accessed.	Stratified sampling is a probability sampling design in which the target population is partitioned into non-overlapping, exhaustive subgroups called strata, and independent probability samples are drawn within each stratum. Formalized by William G. Cochran in Sampling Techniques (1977), the method exploits known population structure to reduce variance and guarantee representativeness of all major subgroups, making it a cornerstone of large-scale survey research and official statistics.