Determining P optimum calibration points to construct calibration estimators of the distribution function

被引:9
作者
Martinez, S. [1 ]
Rueda, M. [2 ]
Martinez, H. [1 ]
Arcos, A. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Almeria, Dept Math, Almeria, Spain
[2] Univ Granada, Dept Stat & Operat Res, E-18071 Granada, Spain
关键词
Auxiliary information; Calibration technique; Distribution function estimates; Survey sampling;
D O I
10.1016/j.cam.2014.07.020
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
Survey statisticians make use of auxiliary information to improve estimates, for example in calibration estimation, introduced in Deville and Sarndal (1992), which is used to obtain new weights that are close to the basic design weights and that, at the same time, comply with benchmark constraints on the auxiliary information available. Rueda et al. (2007) applied this calibration technique to estimate the distribution function. This estimator of the distribution function is built by means of constraints that require the use of a set of fixed values t(1), t(2), ..., t(p). The precision of the resulting calibration estimator varies according to the selection of t(i). In the present work, we study the problem of determining the optimal values t(i) that give the best possible estimation under simple random sampling without replacement. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:281 / 293
页数:13
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