Investigation of some sector sampling statistical properties

Forest Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-76

  Smith, Nick J ^a,b   Iles, Kim ^c   Raynor, Kurt ^d  

^a Western Forest Products ^*  (Canada)

^b Western Forest Products Inc   (Canada)

^c Kim Iles and Associates Ltd   (Canada)

^d RA Systems Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster sampling; Mean of ratios; Ratio of means; Sector sampling

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

CLUSTER SAMPLING; MEAN-OF-RATIOS; RATIO-OF-MEANS; SECTOR AREA; SECTOR SAMPLING;

SAMPLING;

EID: 39449139628     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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