Precision of Design Effect in Cluster Sampling
El-Beshir, Z., Radwan, M. (1993). Precision of Design Effect in Cluster Sampling. EKB Journal Management System, 37(1), 18-35. doi: 10.21608/esju.1993.314830
Z.A. El-Beshir; M. Y. Radwan. "Precision of Design Effect in Cluster Sampling". EKB Journal Management System, 37, 1, 1993, 18-35. doi: 10.21608/esju.1993.314830
El-Beshir, Z., Radwan, M. (1993). 'Precision of Design Effect in Cluster Sampling', EKB Journal Management System, 37(1), pp. 18-35. doi: 10.21608/esju.1993.314830
El-Beshir, Z., Radwan, M. Precision of Design Effect in Cluster Sampling. EKB Journal Management System, 1993; 37(1): 18-35. doi: 10.21608/esju.1993.314830

Precision of Design Effect in Cluster Sampling

The Egyptian Statistical Journal
Article 2, Volume 37, Issue 1, June 1993, Page 18-35  XML
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/esju.1993.314830
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Authors
Z.A. El-Beshir; M. Y. Radwan
Abstract
A simulation study is performed to examine the precision of design effect in single-stage and two-stage cluster sampling without stratification and equal cluster sizes. Interest is focused on the effect on precision of such factors as sample size, number of stages of the sample, and intra-cluster correlation. The precision of simple random sample formula relative to that of the proper formula in estimating variance of the mean is also investigated. It is shown that simple random sample estimator, though biased, is more precise than the proper estimator for all cases considered. Some results concerning the distribution of design effect are also given.
Keywords
Cluster Sampling; Design Effect; Precision; Simple Random Sample Estimator; Variance Estimation
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