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Variance estimation for unequal probability sampling

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In this paper, we discuss the optimality of the variance estimator of the Horvitz-Thompson estimator proposed by Kott (1988) in the class of model-unbiased quadratic estimators. We also propose some improved estimators over Kott's estimator in the class of general quadratic estimators.

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  1. Institute of Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, P.R. China (e-mail: ghzou@iss01.iss.ac.cn), , , , , , CN

    Guohua Zou

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Received: February 1999

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Zou, G. Variance estimation for unequal probability sampling. Metrika 50, 71–82 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001840050036

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