A new estimator for the finite population distribution function

Biometrika

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 639-652

  Wang, Suojin ^a   Dorfman, Alan H ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxiliary information; Density estimation; Distribution function; Mean squared error; Survey data

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000585985     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/83.3.639     Document Type: Article

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