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标题：Estimation of Population Variance Using the Coefficient of Kurtosis and Median of an Auxiliary Variable under Simple Random Sampling
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作者：Tonui Kiplangat Milton ; Romanus Otieno Odhiambo ; George Otieno Orwa 等
期刊名称：Open Journal of Statistics
印刷版ISSN：2161-718X
电子版ISSN：2161-7198
出版年度：2017
卷号：07
期号：06
页码：944-955
DOI：10.4236/ojs.2017.76066
语种：English
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：In this study we have proposed a modified ratio type estimator for population variance of the study variable y under simple random sampling without replacement making use of coefficient of kurtosis and median of an auxiliary variable x . The estimator’s properties have been derived up to first order of Taylor’s series expansion. The efficiency conditions derived theoretically under which the proposed estimator performs better than existing estimators. Empirical studies have been done using real populations to demonstrate the performance of the developed estimator in comparison with the existing estimators. The proposed estimator as illustrated by the empirical studies performs better than the existing estimators under some specified conditions i.e. it has the smallest Mean Squared Error and the highest Percentage Relative Efficiency. The developed estimator therefore is suitable to be applied to situations in which the variable of interest has a positive correlation with the auxiliary variable.
关键词：Modified Ratio Type Variance Estimator;Study Variable;Auxiliary Variable;Kurtosis;Median;Bias;Mean Squared Error (MSE);Percentage Relative Efficiency (PRE);Simple Random Sampling