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Sampling scheme in which only the first unit is selected at random, the rest being automatically selected according to a predetermined pattern is known as systematic sampling. Systematic sampling provides a very simple sampling design in practice to select a sample of size n from a population of size N. Systematic sampling is both operationally convenient and efficient in sampling some natural populations like forest areas for estimating the volume of timber and hardwood seedlings, etc..
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Singh, S. (2003). Systematic Sampling. In: Advanced Sampling Theory with Applications. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0789-4_7
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