Search for dissertations about: "probability proportional-to-size sampling"
Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words probability proportional-to-size sampling.
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1. Essays on Sample Surveys : Design and Estimation
Abstract : Sampling is a core stage in every survey. A sampling design carefully elaborated may imply not only a more accurate estimation of the parameters of interest, but also a reduction in the required sample size in a study. In this thesis we consider two particular but connected subjects. READ MORE
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2. Essays on Model Assisted Survey Planning
Abstract : The quality of sample survey results is to a large degree dependent on decisions made by survey statisticians at the planning stage. The first paper studies two issues related to the planning stage: (i) the sensitivity of model assumptions concerning the relation between the size measure and a study variable in without replacement probability proportional-to-size sampling (πps sampling), and (ii) properties of practicable sample selection schemes for fixed size πps sampling. READ MORE