Adaptive Sampling
Adaptive Sampling Bharadwaj S_2048101 Introduction: Adaptive sampling is a sampling technique that is implemented while a survey is being fielded that is, the sampling design is modified in real time as data collection continues based on what has been learned from previous sampling that has been completed. Its purpose is to improve the selection of elements during the remainder of the sampling, thereby improving the representativeness of the data that the entire sample yields. Adaptive sampling (also called response-adaptive designs) is where you adapt your selection criteria as the experiment progresses, based on preliminary results as they come in. Adaptive sampling is especially important in medical research, where traditional sampling and research techniques may lead to ethical dilemmas and clinical trials that are not in the best interest of the patients involved. In contrast, in an adaptive clinical trial, patient outcomes can be used as they become availa...