Many techniques in survey sampling depend on the possession of information about an auxiliary variable x, or a vector of auxiliary variables, available for the entire population. Regression estimates ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This note explores variance estimation of a combined ratio estimator from a purely model-based viewpoint. It shows that given a sample ...

Identify characteristics of “good” estimators and be able to compare competing estimators. Construct sound estimators using the techniques of maximum likelihood and method of moments estimation.