Unequal allocation models for ranked set sampling with skew distributions

Biometrics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-130

  Kaur, Amarjot ^a   Patil, G P ^a   Taillie, Charles ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Kurtosis; Neyman's optimal allocation; Order statistics; Ranked set sampling; Relative precision; Skewness

Indexed keywords

HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; SAMPLING;

ALLOCATION MODEL; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; KURTOSIS; NEYMAN OPTIMAL ALLOCATION; OPTIMAL ALLOCATION; ORDER-STATISTICS; RANK ORDERING; RANKED SET SAMPLING; RELATIVE PRECISION; SKEWNESS;

STATISTICS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; SAMPLE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0030899255     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533102     Document Type: Article

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