Journal of Probability and Statistics
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 214959, 12 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/214959
Research Article

Double Sampling with Ranked Set Selection in the Second Phase with Nonresponse: Analytical Results and Monte Carlo Experiences

Gaajendra K. Agarwal,1 Sira M. Allende,2 and Carlos N. Bouza2

1Software Development Division, Institute of Computing Training, Cuba
2Universidad de La Habana, Habana, Cuba

Received 19 May 2011; Revised 5 December 2011; Accepted 21 December 2011

Academic Editor: Man Lai Tang

Copyright © 2012 Gaajendra K. Agarwal et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the study of the behavior of the use of double sampling for dealing with nonresponses, when ranked set sample is used. The characteristics of the sampling strategies are derived. The structure of the errors generated the need of studying of the optimality of the strategies by performing a set Monte Carlo experiments.