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Title Ratio of Vector Lengths as an Indicator of Sample Representativeness
Year 2016
Access date 17.07.2017
Abstract
 

The main objective of sampling is to obtain a representative sample for an unbiased and efficient estimate within a budget constraint. The current paper is to develop a new measure of representativeness of a sample. A population characteristics or measures of N population elements could be interpreted as a vector on N-dimensional space. Similarly, a sample characteristics or measures of n sample elements could be interpreted as a vector on n-dimensional subspace, imbedded in N-dimensional space. The length of a population vector is defined as the square root of the sum of squares of N components. The length of a sample vector is the square root of the sum of squares of n components. A weighted length of a sample vector could be obtained by weighting the sum of squares of n components with sampling weights. We can measure the sample representativeness by comparing the weighted length of a sample vector with the length of the population vector. Simulation study will be conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the measure for sample representativeness.

Year of publication2016
Bibliographic typeConferences, workshops, tutorials, presentations
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Web survey bibliography - Joint Statistical Meetings 2016 (13)