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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 22 Quick survey of the two cluster random sampling Keywords: Smoking; community health services; sampling studies; random assignment In community health services research, rapid epidemiological assessment (rapid epidemiological assessment) is a commonly used method. Especially when the human, material and other resources are limited, this is a simple, economical and quick access to information is an effective way. This method can be timely delivery of time-use survey results as a basis for decision-making, when the emergency occurred, the need to evaluate the short period of time when the health of the population, but also to bring out its unique role. In the fast-epidemiological surveys, still need attention to quality control, for example, investigators do a good job of training and organizational work, establish clear, objective testing criteria and detailed, rigorous data collection methods. Application of computer investigation and analysis can speed up the process, where possible, the random telephone and Internet telephone interviews are useful techniques. Rapid assessment of epidemiological investigations are often used in multi-stage sampling, cluster random sample of 2 (two stage cluster sampling) is an effective, it is worth the recommended population-based sampling techniques. In the first stage with probability proportional sampling (probability proportionate to size, PPS) method, which according to the size of the various groups in proportion to the allocation of sample size, drawn from the target population a number of “Group”; second stage from the first phase of able to get into each group, composed of an equal number of samples collected. Can also “household” as the sampling unit, pumped from the first phase of the various groups in the same randomly selected households, and then the second phase of the survey. Two methods were used to a different formula to calculate rates, the mean and the corresp