Multi-character surveys using randomized response sampling
by
M Javed
Department of Math Stat and Physics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana -
Coauthors: S S Sidhu (Department of Math Stat and Physics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana), I S Grewal (Department of Math Stat and Physics, Punjab Agricultural University)

In the present investigation, alternative estimators for estimating population totals in multi-character survey sampling using randomized response technique have been suggested when certain variables have poor positive correlation and others have poor negative correlation with selection probabilities. The estimators proposed by Hansen and Hurwitz (1943), Rao (1966) and Sahoo et al. (1994) under scrambled responses are shown as special cases of the proposed estimators. The relative efficiency of the proposed estimators with respect to each other has been studied through empirical study.

Date received: October 17, 2002

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