Model Assisted Estimation in Adaptive Sampling

Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Acknowledgement

Chapter One

Introduction

Background Information

Statement of Problems

Purpose and Objective of Study

Outline

Chapter Two - Estimators in Adaptive Cluster Sampling

Introduction

Ordinary Estimators in Adaptive Sampling

The Improved Estimators

Forms of Adaptive Sampling

Frame Free Adaptive Designs

Sampling Without Replacement of Clusters

Chapter Three - Model Assisted Adaptive Cluster Sampling

Introduction

Proposed Model Assisted Estimators

Comparison with Existing Methods

An Application of the Proposed Model-Assisted Estimation in a Survey for Assessment of Contaminant Risk to Underground Water from Soil

Chapter Four - Distribution of the Estimators and Statistical Inference based on the Bootstrap

Introduction

Bootstrapping the Proposed Model-Assisted Estimators

Resampling Procedurs Under Adaptive Sampling

Justification for the Bootstrap Technique

Application of the Resampling Technique to the Underground Water Assessment Survey Data

Discussion

Chapter Five - Summary and Future Research

Summary

Contributions to Knowledge

Future Research

References 

Appendix