Abstract:Based on some theoretical results, we recommend a new algorithm for estimating the total and mean of a subpopulation variable for the case of a known subpopulation size, which is different from the algorithm recommended by most of sampling books. The latter usually recommend the multiplication of the subpopulation sample mean by the subpopulation size rather than the subpopulation total estimator for the unknown subpopulation size. We present a criterion to determine which estimator is more efficient. The crit… Show more
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