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DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
In
continuous search for a better method of estimating the population mean in
double sampling techniques, with advantageous properties than some existing
ones and to address the problem of efficiency thereon, a generalized efficient
family of ratio estimator of population mean under double sampling techniques
is suggested using information on a single supplementary variable. Members of
the suggested family of estimator were obtained by modifying the values of the
scalars associated with the suggested estimator. These estimator and its
members were then transformed to an expanded form, from where their properties
such as Biases, relative biases, Mean Square Errors (MSEs), and Optimal Mean
Square Errors (OMSEs) were derived to the second order of Taylor series
approximation. Theoretical underpinnings and conditions for measuring
efficiency of an estimator over its competitor estimators were established and
validated with some natural population data sets. The results showed that the
generalized efficient family of ratio estimators in double sampling techniques
produced smaller MSEs which is an indicator of appreciable gain in efficiency
and dominance over some existing ratio estimators and were therefore deemed to
provide a better substitute whenever priority is placed on efficiency.
Country : Nigeria
IRJIET, Volume 7, Issue 12, December 2023 pp. 189-202