Note on stratified two-stage sampling under precision constraints

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Kozak, Marcin

Affiliations: Department of Biometry, Warsaw Agricultural University, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland. E-mail: m.kozak@omega.sggw.waw.pl

Abstract: Formulas for optimum cost allocation that minimizes total survey cost under precision constraints under stratified two-stage sampling are presented in the paper. Two designs are considered, namely a self-weighting design in strata and a design with fixed sample size of secondary sampling units from primary sampling units in strata. In addition, stratification problems under these two designs are introduced.

Keywords: Optimum sample allocation, stratified sampling, two-stage sampling, optimum stratification

DOI: 10.3233/MAS-2006-1307

Journal: Model Assisted Statistics and Applications, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 191-194, 2006