<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The present investigation deals with the problem of estimation of population mean in two-phase (double) sampling. Utilizing information on two auxiliary variables, one chain exponential ratio and regression type estimator has been proposed and its properties are studied under two different structures of twophase sampling. To make the estimator practicable, unbiased version of the proposed strategy has also been developed. The dominance of the suggested estimator over some contemporary estimators of population mean has been established through numerical illustrations carried over the data set of some natural population and artificially generated population. Categorization of the dominance ranges of the proposed estimation strategies are deployed through defuzzification tools, which are followed by suitable recommendations.</p></abstract>

The present investigation deals with the problem of estimation of population mean in two-phase (double) sampling. Utilizing information on two auxiliary variables, one chain exponential ratio and regression type estimator has been proposed and its properties are studied under two different structures of twophase sampling. To make the estimator practicable, unbiased version of the proposed strategy has also been developed. The dominance of the suggested estimator over some contemporary estimators of population mean has been established through numerical illustrations carried over the data set of some natural population and artificially generated population. Categorization of the dominance ranges of the proposed estimation strategies are deployed through defuzzification tools, which are followed by suitable recommendations.

Development of Efficient Estimation Technique for Population Mean in Two Phase Sampling Using Fuzzy Tools

Journal of Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Informatics

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The present investigation deals with the problem of estimation of population mean in two-phase (double) sampling. Utilizing information on two auxiliary...

Development of Efficient Estimation Technique for Population Mean in Two Phase Sampling Using Fuzzy Tools

Published Online: Jan 11, 2018

Page range: 5 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jamsi-2017-0006

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