Some models for estimation of total of a study variable having many zero values

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Abstract

Design-based and design-based model-assisted estimator of total for a variable having many zero values has high variance. The censored regression (tobit) model-based estimators of a finite-population total have been proposed earlier. The aim of the current research is to apply the semiparametric model to a variable with many zero values, to estimate the population total by model-based and model-assisted estimators, and to compare them with other known estimators by simulation.

Keywords

finite population semiparametric model model-based estimator model-assisted estimator bias 

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62D05 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Institute of Mathematics and InformaticsVilnius UniversityVilniusLithuania
  2. 2.Vilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityVilniusLithuania

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