(1) Department of Statistics, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, 388 120, Gujarat, India;(2) Statistics Department, V.P. and R.P.T.P. Science College, Vallabh Vidyanagar, 388 120, Gujarat, India
Abstract:
This paper deals with a model-based variance estimation of the Horvitz–Thompson (HT) estimator when auxiliary information is available. A small simulation study is carried out to illustrate and establish some of the findings.