Cost models for optimum allocation in multi-stage sampling - ARCHIVED

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Cost models to determine an optimum allocation of the sample among stages in cluster samples are considered. Results from a proposed cost model, which directly considers the implications of follow-up visits to sample clusters as well as other travel to and from the field by data collectors, are compared with results from existing cost models. The proposed model generally calls for fewer clusters with more elements selected per cluster than the existing models.

Issue Number: 1983002
Author(s): Budescu, David V.; Kalsbeek, William D.; Mendoza, Ophelia M.

Main Product: Survey Methodology

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