Truncating sample weights reduces variance

DOI10.1016/0167-7152(94)90175-9MaRDI QIDQ1324542zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kai F. Yu

Publication date 24 May 1994

Published in Statistics \& Probability Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-7152(94)90175-9

zbMATH Keywords

mean estimationtruncation of extreme sample weightsvariance reduction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sampling theory, sample surveys (62D05)

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Cites work

• Monotonicity of the Variance Under Truncation and Variations of Jensen's Inequality

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• Reducing fluctuations in the sample variogram

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