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Variance estimation of a double expanded estimator for two-phase sampling

  • Mingue Park
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.403-410
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    • 2023
  • Two-Phase sampling, which was first introduced by Neyman (1938), has various applications in different forms. Variance estimation for two-phase sampling has been an important research topic because conventional variance estimators used in most softwares are not working. In this paper, we considered a variance estimation for two-phase sampling in which stratified two-stage cluster sampling designs are used in both phases. By defining a conditionally unbiased estimator of an approximate variance estimator, which is calculable when all elements in the first phase sample are observed, we propose an explicit form of variance estimator of the double expanded estimator for a two-phase sample. A small simulation study shows the proposed variance estimator has a negligible bias with small variance. The suggested variance estimator is also applicable to other linear estimators of the population total or mean if appropriate residuals are defined.

VARIANCE ESTIMATION OF ERROR IN THE REGRESSION MODEL AT A POINT

  • Oh, Jong-Chul
    • Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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    • v.13 no.1_2
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    • pp.501-508
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    • 2003
  • Although the estimate of regression function is important, some have focused the variance estimation of error term in regression model. Different variance estimators perform well under different conditions. In many practical situations, it is rather hard to assess which conditions are approximately satisfied so as to identify the best variance estimator for the given data. In this article, we suggest SHM estimator compared to LS estimator, which is common estimator using in parametric multiple regression analysis. Moreover, a combined estimator of variance, VEM, is suggested. In the simulation study it is shown that VEM performs well in practice.

ONNEGATIVE MINIMUM BIASED ESTIMATION IN VARIANCE COMPONENT MODELS

  • Lee, Jong-Hoo
    • East Asian mathematical journal
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.95-110
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    • 1989
  • In a general variance component model, nonnegative quadratic estimators of the components of variance are considered which are invariant with respect to mean value translaion and have minimum bias (analogously to estimation theory of mean value parameters). Here the minimum is taken over an appropriate cone of positive semidefinite matrices, after having made a reduction by invariance. Among these estimators, which always exist the one of minimum norm is characterized. This characterization is achieved by systems of necessary and sufficient condition, and by a cone restricted pseudoinverse. In models where the decomposing covariance matrices span a commutative quadratic subspace, a representation of the considered estimator is derived that requires merely to solve an ordinary convex quadratic optimization problem. As an example, we present the two way nested classification random model. An unbiased estimator is derived for the mean squared error of any unbiased or biased estimator that is expressible as a linear combination of independent sums of squares. Further, it is shown that, for the classical balanced variance component models, this estimator is the best invariant unbiased estimator, for the variance of the ANOVA estimator and for the mean squared error of the nonnegative minimum biased estimator. As an example, the balanced two way nested classification model with ramdom effects if considered.

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An Improvement of the James-Stein Estimator with Some Shrinkage Points using the Stein Variance Estimator

  • Lee, Ki Won;Baek, Hoh Yoo
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.329-337
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    • 2013
  • Consider a p-variate($p{\geq}3$) normal distribution with mean ${\theta}$ and covariance matrix ${\sum}={\sigma}^2{\mathbf{I}}_p$ for any unknown scalar ${\sigma}^2$. In this paper we improve the James-Stein estimator of ${\theta}$ in cases of shrinking toward some vectors using the Stein variance estimator. It is also shown that this domination does not hold for the positive part versions of these estimators.

Shrinkage Estimator of Dispersion of an Inverse Gaussian Distribution

  • Lee, In-Suk;Park, Young-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.805-809
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    • 2006
  • In this paper a shrinkage estimator for the measure of dispersion of the inverse Gaussian distribution with known mean is proposed. Also we compare the relative bias and relative efficiency of the proposed estimator with respect to minimum variance unbiased estimator.

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On statistical properties of some dierence-based error variance estimators in nonparametric regression with a finite sample

  • Park, Chun-Gun
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.575-587
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    • 2011
  • We investigate some statistical properties of several dierence-based error variance estimators in nonparametric regression model. Most of existing dierence-based methods are developed under asymptotical properties. Our focus is on the exact form of mean and variance for the lag-k dierence-based estimator and the second-order dierence-based estimator in a nite sample size. Our approach can be extended to Tong's estimator (2005) and be helpful to obtain optimal k.

A Comparative Study for Several Bayesian Estimators Under Balanced Loss Function

  • Kim, Yeong-Hwa
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.291-300
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    • 2006
  • In this research, the performance of widely used Bayesian estimators such as Bayes estimator, empirical Bayes estimator, constrained Bayes estimator and constrained empirical Bayes estimator are compared by means of a measurement under balanced loss function for the typical normal-normal situation. The proposed measurement is a weighted sum of the precisions of first and second moments. As a result, one can gets the criterion according to the size of prior variance against the population variance.

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A Comparative Study for Several Bayesian Estimators Under Squared Error Loss Function

  • Kim, Yeong-Hwa
    • Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.371-382
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    • 2005
  • The paper compares the performance of some widely used Bayesian estimators such as Bayes estimator, empirical Bayes estimator, constrained Bayes estimator and constrained Bayes estimator by means of a new measurement under squared error loss function for the typical normal-normal situation. The proposed measurement is a weighted sum of the precisions of first and second moments. As a result, one can gets the criterion according to the size of prior variance against the population variance.

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THE VARIANCE ESTIMATORS FOR CALIBRATION ESTIMATOR IN UNIT NONRESPONSE

  • Son, Chang-Kyoon;Jung, Hun-Jo
    • Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.869-877
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    • 2002
  • In the presence of unit nonresponse we perform the calibration estimation procedure for the population total corresponding to the levels of auxiliary information and derive the Taylor and the Jackknife variance estimators of it. We study the nonresponse bias reduction and the variance stabilization, and then show the efficiency of the Taylor and the Jackknife variance estimators by simulation study.

Exact Variance of Location Estimator in One-Way Random Effect Models with Two Distint Group Sizes

  • Lee, Young-Jo;Chung, Han-Yeong
    • Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.118-124
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    • 1989
  • In the one-way random effect model, we often estimate the variance components by the ANOVA method and then estimate the population mean. Whe there are only two distint group sizes, the conventional mean estimator is represented as a weighted average of two normal means with weights being the function of variance component estimators. In this paper, we will study a method which can compute the exact variance of the mean estimator when we set the negative variance component estimate to zero.

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