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Effect of auto-correlations on the optimum allocations in two phase stratified sampling—A bayesian approach

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In this paper we study the problem of optimal allocation when the model for generation of observations in a particular stratum permits for auto-correlations. The object of the study is assumed to be the estimation of the population mean as precisely as possible.

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  1. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Irwin Guttman & Charles D. Palit

  2. University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, USA

    Irwin Guttman & Charles D. Palit

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  1. Irwin Guttman
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Work supported in part by the National Research Council of Canada under Grant No. A-8743.

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Guttman, I., Palit, C.D. Effect of auto-correlations on the optimum allocations in two phase stratified sampling—A bayesian approach. Ann Inst Stat Math 27, 443–462 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02504662

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