A simple variance estimator for unequal probability sampling without replacement

Journal of Applied Statistics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-315

  Berger, Yves G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

estimator; Design based inference; Hansen Hurwitz variance estimator; Inclusion probabilities; Sen Yates Grundy variance estimator

Indexed keywords

SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1942423661     PISSN: 02664763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0266476042000184046     Document Type: Article

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