Instrumental-variable calibration estimation in survey sampling
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Calibration estimation in survey sampling
Calibration estimation, where the sampling weights are adjusted to make certain estimators match known population totals, is commonly used in survey sampling. The generalized regression estimator is an example of a calibration estimator. Given the functional form of the calibration adjustment term, we establish the asymptotic equivalence between the functional-form calibration estimator and an ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Statistica Sinica
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1017-0405
DOI: 10.5705/ss.2013.038