Publication Date
2014
Recommended Citation
Molefe, Wilford B. and Clark, Robert Graham, Model-assisted optimal allocation for planned domains using composite estimation, National Institute for Applied Statistics Research Australia, University of Wollongong, Working Paper 08-14, 2014, 24.
https://ro.uow.edu.au/niasrawp/10
Abstract
This paper develops allocation methods for stratified sample surveys where composite small area estimates are a priority, and area are used as strata. Longford(2006) proposed a objective criterion for this situation, based on a weighted combination of the mean squared errors of small area means and a grand mean. Here, we redefine this approach within a model-assisted framework, allowing regressor variables and a more natural interpretation of results using an intra-class correlation parameter. We also consider several uses of power allocation, and allow the placing of other constraints such as maximum relative root mean squared errors for stratum estimators. We find that a simple power allocation can perform very nearly as well as the optimal design even when the objective is to minimize Longford's (2006) criterion.