An Evaluation of Model-Dependent and Probability-Sampling Inferences in Sample Surveys
样本调查中模型依赖推断与概率抽样推断的评估
In this paper we are concerned with inferences from a sample survey to a finite population. We contrast inferences that are dependent on an assumed model with inferences based on the randomization induced by the sample selection plan. Randomization consistency for finite population estimators is defined and adopted as a requirement of probability sampling. A numerical example is examined to illustrate the dangers in the use of model-dependent estimators even when the model…