Introduction to Variance Estimation

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Wolter, Kirk M. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Σειρά: Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Θέματα: Statistics.; Statistical Theory and Methods.

We live in the information age. Statistical surveys are used every day to determine or evaluate public policy and to make important business decisions. Correct methods for computing the precision of the survey data and for making inferences to the target population are absolutely essential to sound...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The Method of Random Groups
• Variance Estimation Based on Balanced Half-Samples
• The Jackknife Method
• The Bootstrap Method
• Taylor Series Methods
• Generalized Variance Functions
• Variance Estimation for Systematic Sampling
• Summary of Methods for Complex Surveys
• Hadamard Matrices
• Asymptotic Theory of Variance Estimators
• Transformations
• The Effect of Measurement Errors on Variance Estimation
• Computer Software for Variance Estimation
• The Effect of Imputation on Variance Estimation.