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This paper deals with the inference of finite populations quantiles by using auxiliary information. The population information considered on the proposed estimatiors is a population quantile of the auxiliary variable with the same order as that of the quantile of the main variable to be estimated. A simulation study based on three real finite populations is performed and comparisons of the proposed estimators with other common estimators for quantile estimation are carried out.
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del Mar Rueda, M., Arcos, A. & Dolores Martínez, M. Difference estimators of quantiles in finite populations. Test 12, 481–496 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02595726
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