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Quantile interval estimation in finite population using a multivariate ratio estimator

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A new method to derive confidence intervals for quantiles in a finite populations is presented. This method uses multi-auxiliary information through a multi-variate ratio type estimator of the population distribution function.

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  1. Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, E-18071, Granada, Spain

    M. Rueda García & A. Arcos Cebrián

  2. Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Universidad de Almería, Spain

    E. Artés Rodríguez

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  1. M. Rueda García
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García, M.R., Cebrián, A.A. & Rodríguez, E.A. Quantile interval estimation in finite population using a multivariate ratio estimator. Metrika 47, 203–213 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02742873

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