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Abstract

The present paper deals with a modified ratio estimator for estimation of population mean of the study variable when the population median of the auxiliary variable is known. The bias and mean squared error of the proposed estimator are derived and are compared with that of existing modified ratio estimators for certain known populations. Further we have also derived the conditions for which the proposed estimator performs better than the existing modified ratio estimators. From the numerical study it is also observed that the proposed modified ratio estimator performs better than the existing modified ratio estimators for certain known populations.

Keywords

Mean squared error Modified Ratio estimator Natural Populations Simple random sampling.

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Author Biography

Jambulingam Subramani, Department of Statistics Pondicherry University Puducherry - 605014 India

Associate Professor
Department of Statistics
Pondicherry University
Puducherry - 605014
India
How to Cite
Subramani, J. (2013). A NEW MODIFIED RATIO ESTIMATOR FOR ESTIMATION OF POPULATION MEAN WHEN MEDIAN OF THE AUXILIARY VARIABLE IS KNOWN. Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research, 9(2), 137-145. https://doi.org/10.18187/pjsor.v9i2.486