A Monte Carlo comparison of some variance estimators of the Horvitz-Thompson estimator

作者：Patel P A; Patel Jigna S^*

来源：Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 2010, 80(5): 489-502.

DOI：10.1080/00949650902718325

• auxiliary information
• calibration
• design-based
• Horvitz-Thompson estimator
• model-based
• variance estimation

At the design and estimation stage of a survey, large survey organization often uses auxiliary information. This article discusses various procedures for improving variance estimation of the Horvitz-Thompson estimator of a finite population total with the aid of auxiliary information. To study the design-based properties of the proposed variance estimators relative to the standard one, a small scale Monte Carlo study is performed.

• 出版日期2010