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In this paper a generalized class of finite population variance is suggested and its large sample bias and mean square error are derived. Further some special cases of this class are considered along with a numerical example to compute and compare their biases and mean square errors.
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Swain, A.K.P.C. Generalized Estimator of Finite population Variance. J Stat Theory Appl 14, 45–51 (2015). https://doi.org/10.2991/jsta.2015.14.1.4
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Key words
- Auxiliary variable
- Simple random sampling
- Ratio estimator
- Finite population variance
- Generalized class of estimators
- Bias
- Mean square error