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Sankhya B

, Volume 76, Issue 2, pp 317–333 | Cite as

The Rao, Hartley and Cochran Scheme with Dubious Random Nonresponse in Survey Sampling

  • María del Mar Rueda
  • Antonio Arcos
  • Raghunath Arnab*
  • Sarjinder Singh
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Abstract

In the present investigation, we consider the problem of estimating a population total using the well known Rao, Hartley and Cochran (J R Stat Soc Ser B 24:482–491, 1962), say RHC scheme, in the presence of dubious random nonresponse. The proposed estimator is compared to the usual estimators of the population total in the presence of random nonresponse. A new idea, “Dubious Random Non-response (DRN)” through transformations on the response probabilities, is introduced and studied.

Keywords and phrases.

Rao Hartley and Cochran’s scheme estimation of population total random non-response 

AMS (2000) subject classification.

Primary 62D05 Secondary 62F10 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • María del Mar Rueda
    • 1
  • Antonio Arcos
    • 1
  • Raghunath Arnab*
    • 2
  • Sarjinder Singh
    • 3
  1. 1.Department of Statistics and O.R.University of GranadaGranadaSpain
  2. 2.Department of StatisticsUniversity of BotswanaGaboroneBotswana
  3. 3.Department of MathematicsTexas A&M University-KingsvilleKingsvilleUSA

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