A new exponential ratio-type estimator with linear combination of two auxiliary variables.

In sample surveys, it is usual to make use of auxiliary information to increase the precision of estimators. We propose a new exponential ratio-type estimator of a finite population mean using linear combination of two auxiliary variables and obtain mean square error (MSE) equation for proposed esti...

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Main Authors: Jingli Lu, Zaizai Yan, Xiuyun Peng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4277478?pdf=render