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Estimation and Variance Estimation for the U.S. Consumer Expenditures Surveys Redesign Research

  • Kim, Jong-Ik
    • Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.36-45
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    • 1983
  • After every decennial census in the U.S., national surveys such as the Consumer Expenditures surveys are redesigned. The redesigned samples will be multi-stage systematic samples. Many sampling schemes have been proposed for comparison which requires the estimation and variance estiamtion formula. This paper deals with the surveys redesign research which concerns the sample design within the Primary Sampling Unit (PSU). In constructing the estimators it deals with the problem of which first stage inflation factor to use. The expected value of the proposed estimators is also derived.

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A Generalized Mixed-Effects Model for Vaccination Data

  • Choi, Jae-Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.379-386
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    • 2004
  • This paper deals with a mixed logit model for vaccination data. The effect of a newly developed vaccine for a certain chicken disease can be evaluated by a noninfection rate after injecting chicken with the disease vaccine. But there are a lot of factors that might affect the noninfecton rate. Some of these are fixed and others are random. Random factors are sometimes coming from the sampling scheme for choosing experimental units. This paper suggests a mixed model when some fixed factors need to have different experimental sizes by an experimental design and illustrates how to estimate parameters in a suggested model.

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An Economic Design of $\bar{X}$ Control Charts with Variable Sample Size and Sampling Interval (변량표본크기와 변량표본추출구간을 이용한$\bar{X}$관리도의 경제적 설계)

  • 김계완;윤덕균
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.18-30
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    • 2000
  • Recent studies have shown that the $\bar{X}$ chart with variable sampling intervals(VSI) and the $\bar{X}$ chart with variable sample size(VSS) are much quicker than Shewhart $\bar{X}$ chart in detecting shiks in the process. Shewhart $\bar{X}$ chart has been beneficial to detect large shifts but it is hard to apply Shewhart $\bar{X}$ chart in detecting moderate shifts in the process mean. In this article the $\bar{X}$ chart using variable sample size(VSS) and variable sampling Intervals(VSI) has been proposed to supplement the weak point mentioned above. So the purpose of this paper is to consider finding the design parameters which minimize expected loss costs for unit process time and measure the performance of VSSI(variable sample size and sampling interval) $\bar{X}$ chart. It is important that assignable causes be detected to maintain the process controlled. This paper has been studied under the assumption that one cycle is from starting of the process to eliminating the assignable causes in the process. The other purpose of this article is to represent the expected loss costs in one cycle with three process parameters(sample size, sampling interval and control limits) function and find the three parameters.

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Over-Sampling Rate for Accurate Evaluation of MLFMM Transfer Function (MLFMM의 Transfer 함수의 정확한 계산을 위한 오버샘플링 비율)

  • Lee, Hyunsoo;Rim, Jae-Won;Koh, Il-Suek
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.29 no.10
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    • pp.811-816
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    • 2018
  • When applying the MLFMM algorithm to a large scattering problem, the accuracy of the calculation of the transfer function has a crucial effect on the final simulation results. The numerical accuracy for the double integral on the unit sphere is strongly dependent on the sampling number. With an increasing the sampling points, the overall required memory and running time of the MLFMM simulation also increases. Hence, an optimal over-sampling rate for the number of the sampling points is numerically obtained, which is verified for a real large scattering problem.

Quantification of Uncertainty Associated with Environmental Site Assessments and Its Reduction Approaches (부지 오염도 평가시 불확실성 정량화 및 저감방안)

  • Kim, Geonha;Back, JongHwan;Song, Yong-Woo
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.26-33
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    • 2014
  • Uncertainty associated with a sampling method is very high in evaluating the degree of site contamination; therefore, such uncertainty affects the reliability of precise investigation and remediation verification. In particular, in evaluating a site for a small-sized filling station, underground utilities, such as connection pipes and oil storage tanks, make grid-unit sampling impossible and the resulting increase in uncertainty is inevitable. Accordingly, this study quantified the uncertainty related to the evaluation of the degree of contamination by total petroleum hydrocarbon and by benzene, toluene, ethylene, and xylene. When planning a grid aimed at detecting a hot spot, major factors that influence the increase in uncertainty include grid interval and the size and shape of the hot spot. The current guideline for soil sampling prescribes that the grid interval increase in proportion to the area of the evaluated site, but this heightens the possibility that a hot spot will not be detected. In evaluating a site, therefore, it is crucial to estimate the size and shape of the hot spot in advance and to establish a sampling plan considering a diversity of scenarios.

Weight Reduction Method for Outlier in Survey Sampling

  • Kim Jin
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.19-27
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    • 2006
  • Outliers in survey are a perennial problem for applied survey statisticians to estimate the total or mean of population. The influence of outliers is more increasing as they have large weights in survey sampling. Many techniques have been studied to lower the impact of outliers on sample survey estimates. Outliers can be downweighted by winsorization or reducing the weight of outliers. The weight reduction is more reasonable than replacing one outlier by one value of non-outliers, because it has at least one unit. In this paper, we suggest the square root transformation of weight as the weight reduction method. We show this method is efficient with real data, and it's also easy to apply in practical affairs.

The Ultimate Bound of Discrete Sliding Mode Control System with Short Sampling Period for DC Motor System (DC 모터 시스템을 위한 짧은 샘플링 시간을 갖는 이산슬라이딩 모드의 최종 수렴범위)

  • Park, Heum-Yong;Jo, Young-Hun;Park, Kang-Bak
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.245-248
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    • 2010
  • Almost all of control schemes proposed so far have been designed in the continuous-time domain theoretically. Actual systems, however, have been implemented in the discrete-time domain since Micro Control Unit(MCU) and/or microprocessors have been used for the controllers. Thus, the overall system turned to be a sampled-data system, and generally speaking, the ultimate error cannot converge to zero in the actual system even though the proposed control algorithm showed the asymptotic stability in the continuous-time domain. In this paper, therefore, the ultimate error bound of a sampled data system with a short sampling period has been investigated. The ultimate error is shown to be related in the sampling period.

The Carcinogenic Liver Fluke Opisthorchis viverrini among Rural Community People in Northeast Thailand: a Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study using Multistage Sampling Technique

  • Kaewpitoon, Soraya J;Kaewpitoon, Natthawut;Rujirakul, Ratana;Ueng-arporn, Naporn;Matrakool, Likit;Tongtawee, Taweesak
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.16 no.17
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    • pp.7803-7807
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    • 2015
  • Opisthorchis viverrini infection is a serious public health problem in Southeast Asia especially in the northeast and north of Thailand. Therefore, a cross-sectional survey using multistage sampling was conducted from the rural communities of Surin province, Thailand, during September 2013 to July 2014. O. viverrini infection was determined using Kato's thick smear technique. Socio-demographic, information resources, and history data were collected using predesigned semi-structured questionnaires. A total of 510 participants completed interviews and had stools collected. Some 32 (6.47%) participants were infected with O. viverrini. The rate was slightly higehr in males (6.61%) than females (6.32%). High frequencies were found in the age groups 61-70 (19.4%) and 71-80 years (19.4%), those involved in agriculture (10.5%), and in primary school (10.3%). The distribution of high infection was found in Tha Tum (16.7%) and Sankha district (16.7%), followed by Samrong Thap (13.3%), Si Narong (13.33%), and Buachet district (13.33%). Chi-square testing indicated that age (61-70 and 71-80 year old), education (primary school) and occupation (agriculture), were significantly associated with O. viverrini infection (p-value<0.05). Of 72.6% participants who had past histories with stool examination, 17.0% of them had been infected with O. viverrini and 43.2% treated with praziquantel. This finding confirmed that O. viverrini is still a problem in Surin province, Thailand, and therefore, interventions are urgently required for mass treatment and health education implementation.

Assessment of the Reliability of a Novel Self-sampling Device for Performing Cervical Sampling in Malaysia

  • Latiff, Latiffah A.;Rahman, Sabariah Abdul;Wee, Wong Yong;Dashti, Sareh;Asri, Andi Anggeriana Andi;Unit, Nor Hafeeza;Li, Shirliey Foo Siah;Esfehani, Ali Jafarzadeh;Ahmad, Salwana
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.559-564
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    • 2015
  • Background: The participation of women in cervical cancer screening in Malaysia is low. Self-sampling might be able to overcome this problem. The aim of this study was to assess the reliability of self-sampling for cervical smear in our country. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 258 community dwelling women from urban and rural settings who participated in health campaigns. In order to reduce the sampling bias, half of the study population performed the self-sampling prior to the physician sampling while the other half performed the self-sampling after the physician sampling, randomly. Acquired samples were assessed for cytological changes as well as HPV DNA detection. Results: The mean age of the subjects was $40.4{\pm}11.3years$. The prevalence of abnormal cervical changes was 2.7%. High risk and low risk HPV genotypes were found in 4.0% and 2.7% of the subjects, respectively. A substantial agreement was observed between self-sampling and the physician obtained sampling in cytological diagnosis (k=0.62, 95%CI=0.50, 0.74), micro-organism detection (k=0.77, 95%CI=0.66, 0.88) and detection of hormonal status (k=0.75, 95%CI=0.65, 0.85) as well as detection of high risk (k=0.77, 95%CI=0.4, 0.98) and low risk (K=0.77, 95%CI=0.50, 0.92) HPV. Menopausal state was found to be related with 8.39 times more adequate cell specimens for cytology but 0.13 times less adequate cell specimens for virological assessment. Conclusions: This study revealed that self-sampling has a good agreement with physician sampling in detecting HPV genotypes. Self-sampling can serve as a tool in HPV screening while it may be useful in detecting cytological abnormalities in Malaysia.