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This article is about the sampling technique used in biological studies. For the structural reliability analysis method, see Line Sampling.
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In statistics, more specifically in biostatistics, line-intercept sampling (LIS) is a method of sampling elements in a region whereby an element is sampled if a chosen line segment, called a “transect”, intersects the element.

Line intercept sampling has proven to be a reliable, versatile, and easy to implement method to analyze an area containing various objects of interest. It has recently also been applied to estimating variances during particulate material sampling.

References

  1. Kaiser, L, 1983. Unbiased Estimation in Line-Intercept Sampling, Biometrics 39. pp 965–976.
  2. Buckland, S.T. Introduction to distance sampling: estimating abundance of biological populations, New York, Oxford University Press; 2001.
  3. Dihalu, D.S.; Geelhoed, B. (June 2010). "Principles of an image-based algorithm for the quantification of dependencies between particle selections in sampling studies" (PDF). Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 110: 323–330. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

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