CVcalc3: Coefficient of variation of an estimated total in a 3-stage...

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Coefficient of variation of an estimated total in a 3-stage sample

Description

Compute the coefficient of variation of an estimated total in a three-stage design. Primary sampling units (PSUs) can be selected either with probability proportional to size (pps) or with equal probability. Secondary units and elements within SSUs are selected via simple random sampling (srs).

Usage

CVcalc3(V=NULL, m=NULL , nbar=NULL, qbar=NULL, k1=1, k2=1, delta1=NULL, delta2=NULL,
            Bsq=NULL, Wsq=NULL, W2sq=NULL, W3sq=NULL)

Arguments

V	unit relvariance of analysis variable in the population
m	number of sample PSUs
nbar	number of sample secondary units per PSU
qbar	number of sample elements per SSU
k1	ratio of B^2 + W^2 to V. Default value is 1.
k2	ratio of W_{2}^{2} + W_{3}^{2} to V. Default value is 1.
delta1	measure of homogeneity between PSUs equal to B^2/(B^2 + W^2)
delta2	measure of homogeneity between SSUs within PSUs, equal to W_{2}^{2}/(W_{2}^{2} + W_{3}^{2})
Bsq	unit relvariance of PSU totals, equal to population variance of totals divided by \bar{t}_{U}^2
Wsq	within PSU relvariance of elements
W2sq	unit SSU relvariance
W3sq	unit element relvariance

Details

CVcalc3 computes the coefficient of variation of an estimated total for a three-stage sample. PSUs can be selected either with varying probabilities and with replacement or with equal probabilities and with replacement. SSUs and elements within SSUs are selected by simple random sampling. The CV formula is appropriate for approximating the relvariance of the probability-with-replacement (pwr)-estimator of a total when the same number of SSUs is selected in each PSU and the same number of elements is selected within each sample SSU. See Sect. 9.2.4 of Valliant, Dever, and Kreuter (2018) for details of formulas.

Value

Value of the coefficient of variation of an estimated total

Author(s)

Richard Valliant, Jill A. Dever, Frauke Kreuter

References

Cochran, W.G. (1977, pp.308-310). Sampling Techniques. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Saerndal, C.E., Swensson, B., and Wretman, J. (1992). Model Assisted Survey Sampling. New York: Springer.

Valliant, R., Dever, J., Kreuter, F. (2018, sect. 9.2.4). Practical Tools for Designing and Weighting Survey Samples, 2nd edition. New York: Springer.

See Also

CVcalc3

Examples

CVcalc3(V=1, m=20 , nbar=5, qbar=10, delta1=0.02, delta2=0.10)
CVcalc3(V=1, m=20 , nbar=5, qbar=10, delta1=0.02, delta2=0.09)
CVcalc3(V=2, m=20 , nbar=5, qbar=10, k1=5, k2=10, Bsq=1, Wsq=9, W2sq=2 , W3sq=18 )

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