基于样本均值的最优无重叠k-序对排序集抽样

本文提出了无重叠κ-序对排序集抽样方法,即在每个排序集中对κ-序对个体进行观测,并且不同的排序集的κ-序对之间没有任何重复.我们首先探究了此抽样方法得到的样本均值的有效性随每个排序集中κ-序对个体间的相关性变化的趋势.κ-序对个体间的相关性越强,样本均值的有效性损失越大.本文的目的是找到无重叠κ-序对排序集抽样方法中κ-序对分配的最优方案从而使样本均值的有效性损失最小,并证明了最优的无重叠κ-序对排序集抽样比广义排序集抽样以及简单随机抽样更有效.尽管无重叠κ-序对排序集抽样方法的统计效率低于经典的排序集抽样,但是在成本模型下,最优的无重叠κ-序对排序集抽样方法可以比经典的排序集抽样更有效.     

一种新的中位数排序集抽样下的对总体均值的Horvitz-Thompson估计

排序集抽样(RSS)是一种著名的抽样技术,它有许多变体,中位数排序集抽样(MRSS)就是其中一种.与简单随机抽样(SRS)相比,RSS在估计总体均值方面具有优势.然而,RSS及其变体的局限性在于,当给定样本大小n时,抽样过程中每次SRS的规模m只能是n或者n的因子.介绍了一种改进的中位数排序集抽样方法MRSS(m),它比原方法在抽样过程上有更多的选择.实验表明,采用新的抽样方法MRSS(m),可以提高Horvitz-Thompson(HT)估计量的估计效率,同时还降低了抽样成本.     

优良抽样设计下Logistic分布中参数的极大似然估计

当研究目标的实际测量具有不可修复的破坏性或耗资巨大时,有效的抽样设计将是一项重要的研究课题.在统计推断方面,排序集抽样(RSS)被视为一种比简单随机抽样(SRS)更为有效的收集数据的方式.动态极值RSS (MERSS)是一种修正的RSS.文章在SRS和MERSS下研究了Logistic分布中参数的极大似然估计(MLEs).在这两种抽样下证明了该分布中位置参数和刻度参数的MLEs的存在性和唯一性,并计算了所含参数的Fisher信息量和Fisher信息矩阵.比较了这两种抽样下对应估计的渐近效率.数值结果表明MERSS下的MLEs一致优于SRS下的MLEs.     

优良抽样设计下总体均值的比率估计

当研究目标的实际测量具有不可修复的破坏性或耗资巨大时,有效的抽样设计将是一项重要的研究课题.在统计推断方面,排序集抽样被视为一种更为有效的收集数据的方式.极值排序集抽样(ERSS)是一种改进的排序集抽样.文章在ERSS下研究了总体均值的比率估计.以正态分布为例,比较了简单随机抽样和ERSS下比率估计的相对效率.数值结果表明ERSS下的比率估计优于简单随机抽样下的比率估计.     

动态极值排序集抽样设计下Inverse Rayleigh分布的Fisher信息量及其在参数估计中的应用

在统计推断里,参数估计的好坏很大程度上依赖于抽样设计,所以有效的抽样设计将是一项重要的研究课题.本文分别在简单随机抽样(SRS)和动态极值排序集抽样(MERSS)下研究了Inverse Rayleigh分布中参数的一些优良估计.数值结果显示MERSS估计比SRS估计更有效.     

CE模型下Weibull分布序加试验的Bayes分析

序进应力加速寿命试验是一种最为有效而经济的寿命试验方法,随着其理论的日趋成熟,在实践中开始得到应用和推广．本文给出了逆幂律模型下Weilbull分布定时和定数场合序进应力加速寿命试验的一种Bayes统计分析,并利用Gibbs抽样方法解决了分布的形状参数取为连续先验时各参数的Bayes估计．这种先验意义更明确,实例表明这是一种非常有效的方法．     

排序集抽样下Rayleigh分布的参数估计

当研究目标的实际测量具有不可修复的破坏性或耗资巨大时,有效的抽样设计将是一项重要的研究课题.在统计推断方面,排序集抽样(RSS)被视为一种有效的收集数据的方式.文章分别在简单随机抽样(SRS)和RSS下研究了Rayleigh分布中参数的无偏估计,最优线性无偏估计(BLUE),极大似然估计(MLE)和修正MLE.数值结果...     

动态极值排序集抽样设计下Rayleigh分布的参数估计

在统计推断里,参数估计的好坏很大程度上依赖于抽样设计,所以有效的抽样设计将是一项重要的研究课题.本文分别在简单随机抽样(SRS)和动态极值排序集抽样(MERSS)下研究了Rayleigh分布中参数的无偏估计,最优线性无偏估计(BLUE),极大似然估计(MLE)和修正MLE.数值结果显示MERSS估计比SRS估计更有效.     

三种抽样设计下Inverse Exponential分布中参数的优良估计

Inverse Exponential (IE)分布作为一种寿命模型,在生存分析中起着重要作用.文章分别在简单随机抽样(SRS),排序集抽样(RSS)和基于Fisher信息量最大RSS (RSSF)下构造了IE分布中参数λ的一些优良估计.数值结果表明,使用同等样本容量的RSS样本和RSSF样本构造的RSS估计和RSSF估计比SRS估计有效.     

食品卫生安全保障体系数学模型的研究

主要针对食品安全保障体系中的食物摄入量模型、污染物分布模型和风险评估模型做了以下研究:提出一种基于多层次划分法的抽样方案设计抽样,针对食品的分类问题,提出一种基于贡献率的食品分类法;提出利用广义g·h分布估计污染物的偏态分布的方法;进一步基于Bootstrap法提出了一种利用少量数据再抽样估计偏态分布特性的方法;提出一种尾部放大法,巧妙地将概率搜索和理论分析相结合,实现高精度地估计污染物摄入量的右分位点.此外,对相关的几个理论问题进行研究,并基于Monte-Carlo模拟给出相应的解决方案.     

基于有序抽样样本的参数的极大似然估计的性质

有序抽样是一种新的抽样方法 ,与简单随机抽样方法相比它具有很多很好的性质 .本文讨论了在有序抽样样本下的参数的极大似然估计的性质 .     

Tests of perfect judgment ranking using pseudo-samples

Ranked set sampling (RSS) is a sampling approach that can produce improved statistical inference when the ranking process is perfect. While some inferential RSS methods are robust to imperfect rankings, other methods may fail entirely or provide less efficiency. We develop a nonparametric procedure to assess whether the rankings of a given RSS are perfect. We generate pseudo-samples with a known ranking and use them to compare with the ranking of the given RSS sample. This is a general approach that can accommodate any type of raking, including perfect ranking. To generate pseudo-samples, we consider the given sample as the population and generate a perfect RSS. The test statistics can easily be implemented for balanced and unbalanced RSS. The proposed tests are compared using Monte Carlo simulation under different distributions and applied to a real data set.     

Estimation of the Common Mean of a Bivariate Normal Population

In this paper we discuss the problem of estimating the common mean of a bivariate normal population based on paired data as well as data on one of the marginals. Two double sampling schemes with the second stage sampling being either a simple random sampling (SRS) or a ranked set sampling (RSS) are considered. Two common mean estimators are proposed. It is found that under normality, the proposed RSS common mean estimator is always superior to the proposed SRS common mean estimator and other existing estimators such as the RSS regression estimator proposed by Yu and Lam (1997, Biometrics, 53, 1070–1080). The problem of estimating the mean Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) of regular gasoline based on field and laboratory data is considered.     

Empirical likelihood for balanced ranked-set sampled data

Ranked-set sampling (RSS) often provides more efficient inference than simple random sampling (SRS). In this article, we propose a systematic nonparametric technique, RSS-EL, for hypothesis testing and interval estimation with balanced RSS data using empirical likelihood (EL). We detail the approach for interval estimation and hypothesis testing in one-sample and two-sample problems and general estimating equations. In all three cases, RSS is shown to provide more efficient inference than SRS of the same size. Moreover, the RSS-EL method does not require any easily violated assumptions needed by existing rank-based nonparametric methods for RSS data, such as perfect ranking, identical ranking scheme in two groups, and location shift between two population distributions. The merit of the RSS-EL method is also demonstrated through simulation studies. This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10871037)     

Constrained estimation using judgment post-stratification

In ranked-set sampling (RSS) and judgment post-stratification (JPS), more efficient inference is obtained by creating a stratification based on ranking information. Using this stratification exactly as is done in stratified sampling or standard post-stratification leads to the standard nonparametric estimators for RSS and JPS. However, we show that strata obtained from ranking information satisfy additional constraints that need not be met by ordinary strata. Specifically, the in-stratum cumulative distribution functions (CDFs) can be no more extreme, in a certain sense, than the CDFs for order statistics from the overall distribution. The additional constraints can be used to obtain better small-sample estimates of the in-stratum CDFs using either RSS or JPS. In the JPS case, the constraints also lead to better small-sample estimates of the overall CDF and the population mean.     

Group sequential comparison of two binomial proportions under ranked set sampling design

Ranked set sampling (RSS) is a technique for incorporating auxiliary (concomitant) information into estimation and testing procedures right at the design stage. In this paper, we propose group sequential testing procedures for comparing two treatments with binary outcomes under an RSS scheme with perfect ranking. We compare the power, the average sample sizes and type I errors of the proposed tests to those of the group sequential tests based on simple random sampling schemes. We illustrate the usefulness of the methodology by using data from a clinical trial on leukemia.     

Log-logistic parameters estimation using moving extremes ranked set sampling design

In statistical parameter estimation problems, how well the parameters are estimated largely depends on the sampling design used. In the current paper, a modification of ranked set sampling(RSS) called moving extremes RSS(MERSS) is considered for the estimation of the scale and shape parameters for the log-logistic distribution. Several traditional estimators and ad hoc estimators will be studied under MERSS. The estimators under MERSS are compared to the corresponding ones under SRS. The simulation results show that the estimators under MERSS are significantly more efficient than the ones under SRS.     

Wilcoxon signed rank test using ranked-set sample

Ranked-set sampling is useful when measurements are destructive or costly to obtain but ranking of the observations is relatively easy. The Wilcoxon signed rank test statistic based on the ranked-set sample is considered. We compared the asymptotic relative efficiencies of the RSS Wilcoxon signed rank test statistic with respect to the SRS Wilcoxon signed rank test statistic and the RSS sign test statistic. Throughout the ARE’s, the proposed test statistic is superior to the SRS Wilcoxon signed rank test statistic and the RSS sign test statistic.     

Proportion estimation in ranked set sampling in the presence of tie information

Ranked set sampling (RSS) is a statistical technique that uses auxiliary ranking information of unmeasured sample units in an attempt to select a more representative sample that provides better estimation of population parameters than simple random sampling. However, the use of RSS can be hampered by the fact that a complete ranking of units in each set must be specified when implementing RSS. Recently, to allow ties declared as needed, Frey (Environ Ecol Stat 19(3):309–326, 2012) proposed a modification of RSS, which is to simply break ties at random so that a standard ranked set sample is obtained, and meanwhile record the tie structure for use in estimation. Under this RSS variation, several mean estimators were developed and their performance was compared via simulation, with focus on continuous outcome variables. We extend the work of Frey (2012) to binary outcomes and investigate three nonparametric and three likelihood-based proportion estimators (with/without utilizing tie information), among which four are directly extended from existing estimators and the other two are novel. Under different tie-generating mechanisms, we compare the performance of these estimators and draw conclusions based on both simulation and a data example about breast cancer prevalence. Suggestions are made about the choice of the proportion estimator in general.