var_Deville: Deville's approximate variance estimators

In UPSvarApprox: Approximate the Variance of the Horvitz-Thompson Total Estimator

Deville's approximate variance estimators

Description

Compute Deville's approximate variance estimators of class 2, which require only first-order inclusion probabilities and only for sample units

Usage

var_Deville(y, pik, method)

Arguments

y	numeric vector of sample observations
pik	numeric vector of first-order inclusion probabilities for sample units
method	string indicating the desired approximate variance estimator. One of "Deville1", "Deville2", "Deville3", "Hajek", "Rosen", "FixedPoint", "Brewer1", "HartleyRao", "Berger", "Tille", "MateiTille1", "MateiTille2", "MateiTille3", "MateiTille4", "MateiTille5", "Brewer2", "Brewer3", "Brewer4".

Value

a scalar, the estimated variance

UPSvarApprox documentation built on Aug. 27, 2023, 9:06 a.m.