A generalized class of estimators for sensitive variable in the presence of measurement error and non-response

Erum Zahid, Javid Shabbir, Sat Gupta, Ronald Onyango and Sadia Saeed

PLOS ONE, 2022, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-19

Abstract: In this paper, a general class of estimators is proposed for estimating the finite population mean for sensitive variable, in the presence of measurement error and non-response in simple random sampling. Expressions for bias and mean square error up to first order of approximation, are derived. Impact of measurement errors is examined using real data sets, including the survey conducted at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Simulated data sets are also used to observe the performance of the proposed estimators in comparison to some other estimators. We obtain the empirical bias and MSE values for the proposed and the competing estimators.

Date: 2022
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