Introduction to Variance Estimation.

The Method of Random Groups.- Variance Estimation Based on Balanced Half-Samples.- The Jackknife Method.- The Bootstrap Method.- Taylor Series Methods.- Generalized Variance Functions.- Variance Estimation for Systematic Sampling.- Summary of Methods for Complex Surveys.- Hadamard Matrices.- Asymptotic Theory of Variance Estimators.- Transformations.- The Effect of Measurement Errors on Variance Estimation.- Computer Software for Variance Estimation.- The Effect of Imputation on Variance Estimation.