SAMPLE ALLOCATION IN ESTIMATION OF PROPORTION IN A FINITE POPULATION DIVIDED AMONG TWO STRATA Cover Image

SAMPLE ALLOCATION IN ESTIMATION OF PROPORTION IN A FINITE POPULATION DIVIDED AMONG TWO STRATA
SAMPLE ALLOCATION IN ESTIMATION OF PROPORTION IN A FINITE POPULATION DIVIDED AMONG TWO STRATA

Author(s): Dominik Sieradzki, Wojciech Zieliński
Subject(s): Economy, National Economy, Micro-Economics, Public Finances, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Główny Urząd Statystyczny
Keywords: survey sampling; sample allocation; stratification; estimation; proportion

Summary/Abstract: The problem of estimating a proportion of objects with a particular attribute in a finite population is considered. The classical estimator is compared with the estimator, which uses the information that the population is divided among two strata. Theoretical results are illustrated with a numerical example.

  • Issue Year: 18/2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 541-548
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English