Variance estimation for measures of change in probability sampling

Canadian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 451-467

  Berger, Yves G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditional Poisson sampling; Covariance matrix; Design based inference; Entropy; Finite population correction; Inclusion probabilities; Non negative definite matrix; Overlapping samples; Repeated surveys; Rotating schemes

Indexed keywords

EID: 13244259310     PISSN: 03195724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3316027     Document Type: Review

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