1. A brief history of random sampling methods / D.R. Bellhouse -- 2. A first course in survey sampling / T. Dalenius -- 3. Optimality of sampling strategies / A. Chaudhuri -- 4. Simple random sampling / P.K. Pathak -- 5. On single stage unequal probability sampling / V.P. Godambe and M.E. Thompson -- 6. Systematic sampling -- 7. Systematic sampling with illustrative examples / M.N. Murthy and T.J. Rao -- 8. Sampling in time / D.A. Binder and M.A. Hidiroglou -- 9. Bayesian inference in finite populations / W.A. Ericson -- 10. Inference based on data from complex sample designs / G. Nathan -- 11. Inference for finite population quantiles / J. Sedransk and P.J. Smith -- 12. Asymptotics in finite population sampling / P.K. Sen -- 13. The technique of replicated or interpenetrating samples / J.C. Koop -- 14. On the use of models in sampling from finite populations / I. Thomsen and D. Tesfu -- 15. The prediction approach to sampling theory / R.M. Royall -- 16. Sample survey analysis: analysis of variance and contingency tables / D.H. Freeman, Jr. -- 17. Variance estimation in sample surveys / J.N.K. Rao -- 18. Ratio and regression estimators / P.S.R.S. Rao -- 19. Role and use of composite sampling and capture-recapture sampling in ecological studies / M.T. Boswell, K.P. Burnham and G.P. Patil -- 20. Data-based sampling and model-based estimation for environmental resources / G.P. Patil [and others] -- 21. On transect sampling to assess wildlife populations and marine resources / F.L. Ramsey [and others] -- 22. A review of current survey sampling methods in marketing research (telephone, mall intercept and panel surveys) / R. Velu and G.M. Naidu -- 23. Observational errors in behavioural traits of man and their implications for genetics / P.V. Sukhatme -- 24. Designs in survey sampling avoiding contiguous units / A.S. Hedayat, C.R. Rao and J. Stufken.