Comparison of survey estimates of the finite population variance

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 236-251

  Courbois, Jean Yves P ^a   Urquhart, N Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite population sampling; Horvitz Thompson estimation; Unequal probability sampling

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5044240807     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/1085711043596     Document Type: Article

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