基于卡尔曼滤波估计的连续性抽样调查研究

 针对连续性抽样调查中如何提高连续调查数据准确性的问题，本文引入时间序列分析方法，分别考虑连续性抽样调查中的重复样本和轮换样本等不同情况，建立了连续性抽样调查下的状态空间模型，利用成熟的卡尔曼滤波估计方法给出了总体均值的估计量。由于状态空间模型及卡尔曼滤波估计方法能够充分利用各期连续样本的调查信息，给出了精度更高的估计量，从而能够产生更加准确的连续性时间序列数据。     

多水平样本轮换调查及其组合估计方法

文章以两水平样本轮换为例,研究了连续性抽样调查中多水平样本轮换的问题.在多水平样本轮换模式下,不仅能够搜集固定的轮换样本在连续各期的信息,而且能够每一期更换新的轮换样本.文章还运用组合估计的思想.利用现期及过去各期的调查信息,分别构造出了每月总体情况、月度之间以及年度之间变化情况的组合估计量,并推导出了各类组合估计量的方差.     

连续性抽样调查中总体均值的估计

在连续性抽样调查中,利用前期信息和辅助信息可以大大提高估计精度,但是以往的估计量大多假设辅助信息总体均值已知,文章介绍一种在连续性抽样调查中,辅助信息总体均值未知的情况下,通过两阶段抽样,利用轮换样本方法和辅助变量信息,对总体均值进行估计的新的估计方法,并将新提出的估计量与原有的估计量进行比较,发现其精度更高,而且有利于减少调查成本。     

基于回归组合技术的连续性抽样估计方法研究

在使用样本轮换的连续性抽样调查中,不仅可以利用前期调查的研究变量的信息,还可使用现期调查的辅助变量信息来建立回归模型进行回归估计,进而构造回归组合估计量,并在此基础上确定最优样本轮换率和最优权重系数,使得回归组合估计量的方差最小,从而更大程度地提高连续性抽样调查的估计精度。     

基于多重抽样框的校准估计方法研究

在现代抽样调查中,校准估计方法能够通过有效利用辅助信息来提高估计量的精度,多重抽样框抽样调查则不仅可以解决单一抽样框覆盖不全的问题,还可以节约抽样设计阶段的成本。本文将这两种现代抽样估计与设计方法进行结合,将校准估计方法引入到基于多重抽样框的抽样调查体系中,在实现节约调查成本的同时,还能够提高估计量的精度。文章首先按照分离抽样框与组合抽样框估计方法的分类思路,对传统多重抽样框估计方法进行系统梳理;然后在最短距离法校准估计的分析框架下,按照调查时所能掌握辅助信息的具体情况,给出了两类多重抽样框估计情形下的各种不同形式的校准估计量;随后数值分析的比较结果也表明在多重抽样框中校准估计量的估计效率明显优于传统估计量;最后对本文研究进行总结的基础上,给出了我国抽样实践中应用这套先进抽样估计方法体系的展望。     

辅助信息及在抽样调查中的应用

一、辅助信息及其分类 抽样调查是通过对样本的调查达到对总体目标量的估计。在抽样调查中，调查指标的样本信息是估计总体目标量必不可少的信息。通过对样本调查并对所得数据加以整理，获得调查指标在总体中分布的某些特征，由此给出总体目标量的估计。我们把调查指标的样本信息称为基本信息。由于样本是总体的一部分，抽样又是按照一定概率进行的，故样本提供的是不全面的且带有随机干扰的信息，这就是说，基本信息不仅信息量极其有限，而且这极其有限的信息在反映总体特征时常常伴有不可消除的偏差，这就必然使估计量精度受到一定限制。 …     

辅助信息及其在抽样调查中的应用

辅助信息即除调查指标样本信息以外的一切有关总体、抽样单元及样本的信息。抽样调查在不扩大调查规模的情况下 ,充分利用辅助信息是提高估计量精度的有效手段     

我国农村住户连续性抽样调查方案设计

 在改革开放的新形势下,我国政府统计部门开展了农村住户等一系列农村统计调查,为解决“三农”问题提供了多方面的数据信息。本文通过分析总结现行农村住户抽样调查方案中存在的各种矛盾和问题,利用国际上前沿的连续性抽样调查方法作为理论基础,分别从农村住户抽样框的构建、连续各期调查样本的抽取、二维平衡轮换模式的设计、连续性抽样估计及其方差估计和连续时间序列数据的调整分析等角度提出一系列改革措施,从而设计出更加科学的调查方案,为及时、准确地搜集和提供关于“三农”问题的数据信息服务。关于其它类型的抽样调查方案亦可按照本文研究的思路类似地加以设计和解决。     

辅助信息在抽样调查中的应用

一、辅助信息及其种类 在抽样调查中，调查指标的样本信息是估计总体目标量必不可少的信息，我们称其为基本信息。由于样本是总体的一部分，抽样又是按照一定概率进行的，故样本提供的是不全面的且带有随机干扰的信息。这就是说，基本信息不仅量极其有限，而且在反映总体特征时常常伴有不可消除的偏差，这就必然使估计量精度受到一定限制。 在许多情况下，我们在抽样调查之前对总体及抽样单元并非一无所知，往往是事先掌握某些可资利用的总体信息及抽样单元信息，而在抽样调查中除了获得调查指标的样本信息外，常可伴随获得其它可资利用的样…     

辅以排序集样本的分层抽样方法研究

分层抽样中,样本在各层中的不同获取方式会对估计量的精度和试验费用产生一定的影响,而已有的理论方法大多不能在提高精度的同时降低调查费用。为此,将排序抽样与分层抽样方法相结合,提出了辅以排序集样本的分层抽样方案,并得到了总体均值的估计量以及这一估计量的良好性质。这些结果表明,与单一的分层随机抽样相比,这种抽样设计的估计量具有更高的精度,同时也节约了各层抽样调查的费用。     

Synthetic and composite estimation under a superpopulation model

Under a simple superpopulation model for an arbitrary sampling design we derive optimal linear unbiased estimators/predictors of a mean in a domain. They can be viewed as synthetic and composite estimators of small area estimation theory when no auxiliary variable is available. Moreover, we show that the only requirement for optimality of a sampling strategy is to use any sampling plan of fixed sample size together with traditional estimators (as designed for simple random sampling without replacement). Finally, for symmetric sampling plans, simplified formulas (based on the first two moments of sample sizes) for optimal synthetic and composite estimators and their MSE’s are derived. Throughout the paper we consistently use the model-design setup.     

Optimal Composite Markers for Time‐Dependent Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves with Censored Survival Data

Abstract. To increase the predictive abilities of several plasma biomarkers on the coronary artery disease (CAD)‐related vital statuses over time, our research interest mainly focuses on seeking combinations of these biomarkers with the highest time‐dependent receiver operating characteristic curves. An extended generalized linear model (EGLM) with time‐varying coefficients and an unknown bivariate link function is used to characterize the conditional distribution of time to CAD‐related death. Based on censored survival data, two non‐parametric procedures are proposed to estimate the optimal composite markers, linear predictors in the EGLM model. Estimation methods for the classification accuracies of the optimal composite markers are also proposed. In the article we establish theoretical results of the estimators and examine the corresponding finite‐sample properties through a series of simulations with different sample sizes, censoring rates and censoring mechanisms. Our optimization procedures and estimators are further shown to be useful through an application to a prospective cohort study of patients undergoing angiography.     

Estimation of semiparametric regression model with longitudinal data

In a longitudinal study, an individual is followed up over a period of time. Repeated measurements on the response and some time-dependent covariates are taken at a series of sampling times. The sampling times are often irregular and depend on covariates. In this paper, we propose a sampling adjusted procedure for the estimation of the proportional mean model without having to specify a sampling model. Unlike existing procedures, the proposed method is robust to model misspecification of the sampling times. Large sample properties are investigated for the estimators of both regression coefficients and the baseline function. We show that the proposed estimation procedure is more efficient than the existing procedures. Large sample confidence intervals for the baseline function are also constructed by perturbing the estimation equations. A simulation study is conducted to examine the finite sample properties of the proposed estimators and to compare with some of the existing procedures. The method is illustrated with a data set from a recurrent bladder cancer study.     

Modified BLUEs and BLIEs of the location and scale parameters and the population mean using ranked set sampling

Ranked set sampling (RSS) is a sampling procedure that can be used to improve the cost efficiency of selecting sample units of an experiment or a study. In this paper, RSS is considered for estimating the location and scale parameters a and b>0, as well as the population mean from the family F((x?a)/b). Modified best linear unbiased estimators (BLUEs) and best linear invariant estimators (BLIEs) are considered. Numerical computations with different location-scale distributions and different sample sizes are conducted to assess the efficiency of the suggested estimators. It is found that the modified BLIEs are uniformly higher than that of BLUEs for all distributions considered in this study. The modified BLUE and BLIE are more efficient when the underlying distribution is symmetric.     

Performance of nonparametric maximum likelihood estimator in a

When the probability of selecting an individual in a population is propor­tional to its lifelength, it is called length biased sampling. A nonparametric maximum likelihood estimator (NPMLE) of survival in a length biased sam­ple is given in Vardi (1982). In this study, we examine the performance of Vardi's NPMLE in estimating the true survival curve when observations are from a length biased sample. We also compute estimators based on a linear combination (LCE) of empirical distribution function (EDF) estimators and weighted estimators. In our simulations, we consider observations from a mix­ture of two different distributions, one from F and the other from G which is a length biased distribution of F. Through a series of simulations with vari­ous proportions of length biasing in a sample, we show that the NPMLE and the LCE closely approximate the true survival curve. Throughout the sur­vival curve, the EDF estimators overestimate the survival. We also consider a case where the observations are from three different weighted distributions, Again, both the NPMLE and the LCE closely approximate the true distribu­tion, indicating that the length biasedness is properly adjusted for. Finally, an efficiency study shows that Vardi's estimators are more efficient than the EDF estimators in the lower percentiles of the survival curves.     

Estimation of the parameters of Downton's bivariate exponential distribution using ranked set sampling scheme

The parameters of Downton's bivariate exponential distribution are estimated based on a ranked set sample. Parametric and nonparametric methods are considered. The suggested estimators are compared to the corresponding ones based on simple random sampling. It turns out that some of the suggested estimators are significantly more efficient than the ones based on simple random sampling.     

A balanced multi-level rotation sampling design and its efficient composite estimators

We present a multi-level rotation sampling design which includes most of the existing rotation designs as special cases. When an estimator is defined under this sampling design, its variance and bias remain the same over survey months, but it is not so under other existing rotation designs. Using the properties of this multi-level rotation design, we derive the mean squared error (MSE) of the generalized composite estimator (GCE), incorporating the two types of correlations arising from rotating sample units. We show that the MSEs of other existing composite estimators currently used can be expressed as special cases of the GCE. Furthermore, since the coefficients of the GCE are unknown and difficult to determine, we present the minimum risk window estimator (MRWE) as an alternative estimator. This MRWE has the smallest MSE under this rotation design and yet, it is easy to calculate. The MRWE is unbiased for monthly and yearly changes and preserves the internal consistency in total. Our numerical study shows that the MRWE is as efficient as GCE and more efficient than the existing composite estimators and does not suffer from the drift problem [Fuller W.A., Rao J.N.K., 2001. A regression composite estimator with application to the Canadian Labour Force Survey. Surv. Methodol. 27 (2001) 45–51] unlike the regression composite estimators.     

Best linear unbiased estimates in ranked-set sampling with particular reference to imperfect ordering

SUMMARY Ranked-set sampling is a widely used sampling procedure when sample observations are expensive or difficult to obtain. It departs from simple random sampling by seeking to spread the observations in the sample widely over the distribution or population. This is achieved by ranking methods which may need to employ concomitant information. The ranked-set sample mean is known to be more efficient than the corresponding simple random sample mean. Instead of the ranked-set sample mean, this paper considers the corresponding optimal estimator: the ranked-set best linear unbiased estimator. This is shown to be more efficient, even for normal data, but particularly for skew data, such as from an exponential distribution. The corresponding forms of the estimators are quite distinct from the ranked-set sample mean. Improvement holds where the ordering is perfect or imperfect, with this prospect of improper ordering being explored through the use of concomitants. In addition, the corresponding optimal linear estimator of a scale parameter is also discussed. The results are applied to a biological problem that involves the estimation of root weights for experimental plants, where the expense of measurement implies the need to minimize the number of observations taken.     

Best linear unbiased estimators of parameters of a simple linear regression model based on ordered ranked set samples

As an alternative to an estimation based on a simple random sample (BLUE-SRS) for the simple linear regression model, Moussa-Hamouda and Leone [E. Moussa-Hamouda and F.C. Leone, The o-blue estimators for complete and censored samples in linear regression, Technometrics, 16 (3) (1974), pp. 441–446.] discussed the best linear unbiased estimators based on order statistics (BLUE-OS), and showed that BLUE-OS is more efficient than BLUE-SRS for normal data. Using the ranked set sampling, Barreto and Barnett [M.C.M. Barreto and V. Barnett, Best linear unbiased estimators for the simple linear regression model using ranked set sampling. Environ. Ecoll. Stat. 6 (1999), pp. 119–133.] derived the best linear unbiased estimators (BLUE-RSS) for simple linear regression model and showed that BLUE-RSS is more efficient for the estimation of the regression parameters (intercept and slope) than BLUE-SRS for normal data, but not so for the estimation of the residual standard deviation in the case of small sample size. As an alternative to RSS, this paper considers the best linear unbiased estimators based on order statistics from a ranked set sample (BLUE-ORSS) and shows that BLUE-ORSS is uniformly more efficient than BLUE-RSS and BLUE-OS for normal data.