A sample allocation method for two-phase survey designs - ARCHIVED

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Motivated by a business survey design at Statistics Canada, we formulate the problem of sample allocation for a general two-phase survey design as a constrained nonlinear programming problem. By exploiting its mathematical structure, we propose a solution method that consists of iterations between two subproblems that are computationally much simpler. Using an approximate solution as a starting value, the proposed method works very well in an empirical study.

Issue Number: 1992002
Author(s): Armstrong, John ; Wu, C.F.J.

Main Product: Survey Methodology

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PDFDecember 15, 1992

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