Systematic and nonrandom sampling in the presence of polynomial trends |
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| Authors: | Robert L. Fountain Pramod K. Pathak |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Division of Mathematics Computer Science and Statistics , University of Texas at San Antonio , San Antonio, Texas, 78285;2. Department of Mathematics and Statistics , University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131 |
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| Abstract: | In the case of finite populations with low-order polynomial trends present, the use of the least squares regression estimator of the mean is discussed. A sampling scheme, which optimizes the efficiency of the regression estimator over a particular class of schemes, is presented. |
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| Keywords: | finite population sampling balanced sampling regression estimators |
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