Use of several auxiliary variables in estimating the population mean in a two-occasion rotation pattern

Housila P. Singh and Surya K. Pal

Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 2016, vol. 45, issue 23, 6928-6942

Abstract: This paper addresses the problem of estimation of the population mean on the current (second) occasion in two-occasion successive sampling. Utilizing the readily available information on several auxiliary variables on both occasions and the information on the study variable from the previous occasion, an estimation procedure of the population mean on the current occasion has been proposed. Theoretical properties of the proposed estimator have been investigated. Optimum replacement policy to the proposed estimator has been discussed. The proposed estimator has been compared empirically with the sample mean estimator, when there is no matching and the optimum estimator which is a linear combination of the means of the matched and unmatched portions of the sample at the current occasion. Appropriate recommendations have been made for practical applications.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2014.972570

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