Nonparametric Variance Estimation Under Fine Stratification: An Alternative to Collapsed Strata
精细分层下的非参数方差估计:合并层方法的替代方案
Fine stratification is commonly used to control the distribution of a sample from a finite population and to improve the precision of resulting estimators. One-per-stratum designs represent the finest possible stratification and occur in practice, but designs with very low numbers of elements per stratum (say, two or three) are also common. The classical variance estimator in this context is the collapsed stratum estimator, which relies on creating larger “pseudo-strata” and…