Using Auxiliary Sample Frame Information for Optimum Sampling of Rare Populations

Using Auxiliary Sample Frame Information for Optimum Sampling of Rare Populations

We investigate disproportionate stratified sampling as a possibly efficient method of surveying members of a rare domain in circumstances in which there is no acceptable list of members. In this work, we assume that information is available at the sampling stage to stratify the general-population sa...

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Main Authors: Barron Martin, Davern Michael, Montgomery Robert, Tao Xian, Wolter Kirk M., Zeng Wei, Dorell Christina, Black Carla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-12-01
Series:Journal of Official Statistics
Subjects:
Optimum allocation
cost model
variance
disproportionate stratification
rare population
age-targeted list
telephone surveys
National Immunization Survey
Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jos.2015.31.issue-4/jos-2015-0034/jos-2015-0034.xml?format=INT

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