An application of ranked set sampling for mean and median estimation using USDA crop production data

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 354-373

  Husby, Chad E ^a   Stasny, Elizabeth A ^b   Wolfe, Douglas A ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxiliary ranking variable; Balanced ranked set sampling; Concomitant ranking; Set sizes; Simple random sampling; Simulation study

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 25444517069     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/108571105X58234     Document Type: Article

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