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THE method described by Haldane1 for estimating the fraction p of population having the attribute A is a particular instance of a more general theory which has been used in this department and elsewhere since 1943.
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BARNARD, G. Economy in Sampling. Nature 156, 208 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156208a0
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