摘要:In survey sampling, the adequate use of auxiliary variables may
considerably improve the efficiency of survey estimates gained from generalized
regression techniques. In some surveys like the German income and
expenditure survey or the German survey of income and living conditions
(D-SILC), a huge amount of potential candidates of auxiliary information is
available. Due to methodological and numerical limitations, efficient variable
selection need to be applied for gaining efficient estimates.
Within this paper, classical statistical variable selection procedures are studied
in order to elaborate their efficiency for survey estimation problems.
Special emphasis is put on optimizing the model for regression estimation
techniques. Additionally, the influence of stratification and allocation on the
results will be considered.