Estimating the variance of the sample mean in two-dimensional systematic sampling

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 280-295

  D'Orazio, Marcello ^a  

^a ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial sampling

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644275179     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/1085711032174     Document Type: Article

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