International Journal of Statistics and Systems
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 3

The Generalized Class of Composite Method of Estimation for Crop Acreage in Small Domain

  • Author:
  • Krishan K. Pandey1, G.C. Tikkiwal2
  • Total Page Count: 15
  • Page Number: 319 to 333

1College of Management & Economic Studies, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun-, 248007, India

2Department of Mathematics & Statistics, J.N.V. University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan -342011, India

Abstract

This paper defines and discusses a generalized class of composite estimators for small domains, using auxiliary information, under systematic sampling scheme. The generalized class of composite estimators, among others, includes a number of direct, synthetic and composite estimators. Further, it demonstrates the use of the estimators belonging to the generalized class for estimating crop acreage for small domains and also compares their relative performance with the corresponding direct and synthetic estimators, through a simulation study.

Keywords

Inspector Land Revenue Circles (ILRCs), Timely Reporting Scheme (TRS), Absolute Relative Bias (ARB), Simulated relative standard error (Srse), Simulation-Cum-Regression (SICURE) model