Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50989#.VFHP-VfHRK0 Author(s) Everline Chemutai Tum , John Kung’u , Leo Odongo Affiliation(s) Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya . ABSTRACT In this paper, we have proposed an estimator of finite population mean using a new regression type estimator with two auxiliary variables for single-phase sampling and investigated its finite sample properties. An empirical study has been carried out to compare the performance of the proposed estimator with the existing estimators that utilize auxiliary variables for finite population mean. It has been found that the new regression type estima...
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