Canadian Journal of Statistics · 1980 · 61 citations · 3 references
Natural SciencesBiostatisticsMathematicsStatisticsEstimation TheoryInferential StatisticsPopulation EstimationSampling TheoryStatistical AnalysisStatistical InferenceAsymptotic TheoryEstimation EquationsFinite Population EstimationFinite Sample EstimationLinear RegressionRegression EstimationSample Survey Estimation
Abstract A large class of estimators is considered for the mean of a finite population using information on an auxiliary variable. It is shown that members of this class of estimators are asymptotically no more efficient than the linear regression estimator.
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