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Systematic and nonrandom sampling in the presence of linear trends |
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| Authors: | Robert L. Fountain Pramod K. Pathak |
| Affiliation: | 1. Division of Mathematics Computer Science and Statistics , University of Texas at San Antonio , San Antonio, 78285, Texas;2. Department of Mathematics and Statistics , University of New Mexcico , Albuquerque, 87131, New Mexico |
| Abstract: | In the case of a finite population with a linear trend, improvements in estimation procedures are suggested for several well-known systematic samplingschemes. The use of the least squares regression estimator is examined and a sampling scheme which reduces its expected mean squared error is proposed. |
| Keywords: | finite population sampling systematic sampling nonrandom sampling balanced sampling modified sampling regression estimators |