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August 2000 Local polynomial regresssion estimators in survey sampling
F. Jay Breidt, Jean D. Opsomer
Ann. Statist. 28(4): 1026-1053 (August 2000). DOI: 10.1214/aos/1015956706

Abstract

Estimation of finite population totals in the presence of auxiliary information is considered. A class of estimators based on local polynomial regression is proposed. Like generalized regression estimators, these estimators are weighted linear combinations of study variables, in which the weights are calibrated to known control totals, but the assumptions on the superpopulation model are considerably weaker. The estimators are shown to be asymptotically design-unbiased and consistent under mild assumptions. A variance approximation based on Taylor linearization is suggested and shown to be consistent for the design mean squared error of the estimators. The estimators are robust in the sense of asymptotically attaining the Godambe–Joshi lower bound to the anticipated variance. Simulation experiments indicate that the estimators are more efficient than regression estimators when the model regression function is incorrectly specified, while being approximately as efficient when the parametric specification is correct.

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F. Jay Breidt. Jean D. Opsomer. "Local polynomial regresssion estimators in survey sampling." Ann. Statist. 28 (4) 1026 - 1053, August 2000. https://doi.org/10.1214/aos/1015956706

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Published: August 2000
First available in Project Euclid: 12 March 2002

zbMATH: 1105.62302
MathSciNet: MR1810918
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aos/1015956706

Subjects:
Primary: 62D05
Secondary: 62G08

Keywords: Calibration , generalized regression estimation , Godambe-Joshi lower bound , model-assisted estimation , Nonparametric regression

Rights: Copyright © 2000 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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