Median estimation using double sampling

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-46

  Singh, Sarjinder ^a   Joarder, Anwar H ^b   Tracy, D S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auxiliary information; Cost aspects; Empirical study; Median estimation; Two phase sampling; Variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035580659     PISSN: 13691473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-842X.00153     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. BRATLEY, P., FOX, B.L. & SCHRAGE, L.E. (1983). A Guide to Simulation. New York: Springer-Verlag.
2. CHEN, J. & QIN, J. (1993). Empirical likelihood estimation for finite populations and the effective usage of auxiliary information. Biometrika 80, 107-116.
3. FRANCISCO, C.A. & FULLER, W.A. (1991). Quantile estimation with a complex survey design. Ann. Statist. 19, 454-469.
4. GARCIA, M.R. & CEBRIAN, A.A. (1998). Quantile interval estimation in finite populations using a multivariate ratio estimator. Metrika 47, 203-213.
5. HARTLEY, H.O. & RAO, J.N.K. (1968). A new estimation theory for sample surveys. Biometrika 55, 547-557.
6. HORVITZ, D.G. & THOMPSON, D.J. (1952). A generalization of sampling without replacement from a finite universe. J. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 47, 663-685.
7. KUK, A.Y.C. & MAK, T.K. (1989). Median estimation in the presence of auxiliary information. J. R. Stat. Soc. Ser. B Stat. Methodol. 51, 261-269.
8. KUK, A.Y.C. & MAK, T.K. (1994). A functional approach to estimating finite population distribution functions. Comm. Statist. Theory Methods 23, 883-896.
9. SADASIVAN, G. & AGGARWAL, R. (1978). Optimum points of stratification in bi-variate populations. Sankhyā Ser. C 40, 84-97.
10. SANYAL, S.K. & SINHA, S.K. (1977). Methodological problems in large scale sample surveys - experiences from national sample survey. Sankhyā Ser. C 39, 47-70.
11. SILVA, P.L.D.N. & SKINNER, C.J. (1995). Estimating distribution functions with auxiliary information using poststratification. J. Official Statist. 11, 277-294.
12. SILVERMAN, B.W. (1986). Density Estimation for Statistics and Data Analysis. London: Chapman and Hall.
13. SINGH, S., HORN, S. & YU, F. (1998). Estimation of variance of the regression estimator: higher level calibration approach. Survey Meth. 24, 41-50.
14. SRIVASTAVA, S.K. (1967). An estimator using auxiliary information in sample surveys. Calcutta Statist. Assoc. Bull. 16, 121-132.
15. IVASTAVA, S.K. (1971). A generalized estimator for the mean of a finite population using multi-auxiliary information. J. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 66, 404-407
16. IVASTAVA, S.K. & JHAJJ, H.S. (1981). A class of estimators of the population mean in survey sampling using auxiliary information. Biometrika 68, 341-343.
17. WALSH, J.E. (1970). Generalization of ratio estimator for population total. Sankhyā Ser. A 42, 99-106.
18. WANG, S.G. & CHOW, S.C. (1994). Advanced Linear Models - Theory and Applications. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.