Type: Article
A more efficient proportion estimator in ranked set sampling
Journal: Statistics and Probability Letters (01677152)Year: 2017/10/01Volume: Issue:
Zamanzade E.a Mahdizadeh M.
DOI:10.1016/j.spl.2017.05.001Language: English
Abstract
We propose a new estimator for the population proportion using a concomitant-based ranked set sampling (RSS) scheme. Simulation results show that the new estimator beats the standard estimator in the RSS as long as the ranking quality is fairly good. © 2017 Elsevier B.V.
Author Keywords
Concomitant variableLogistic regressionPrevalence of obesity