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Ranked set sampling: an annotated bibliography

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The paper provides an up-to-date annotated bibliography of the literature on ranked set sampling. The bibliography includes all pertinent papers known to the authors, and is intended to cover applications as well as theoretical developments. The annotations are arranged in chronological order and are intended to be sufficiently complete and detailed that a reading from beginning to end would provide a statistically mature reader with a state-of-the-art survey of ranked set sampling, including historical development, current status, and future research directions and applications. A final section of the paper gives a listing of all annotated papers, arranged in alphabetical order by author.

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Alphabetical bibliography

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  1. Center for Statistical Ecology and Environmental Statistics, Department of Statistics, Pennsylvania State University, 16802, University Park, PA, USA

    A. Kaur, G. P. Patil, A. K. Sinha & C. Taillie

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This paper was prepared with partial support from the United States Environmental Protection Agency under a Cooperative Agreement Number CR-821531. The contents have not been subject to Agency review and therefore do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred.

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Kaur, A., Patil, G.P., Sinha, A.K. et al. Ranked set sampling: an annotated bibliography. Environ Ecol Stat 2, 25–54 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00452930

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