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Hameed Ali1, Syed Muhammad Asim1, Muhammad Ijaz2
1Department of Statistics, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Abstract:
This paper offers a novel approach to formulate efficient ratio estimator of the population variance using a transformed auxiliary variable. The impact of transformation on auxiliary information has also been discussed. It is observed that incorporating a transformed auxiliary variable result in a high gain in efficiency. Theoretical properties of the newly developed estimators have been derived. The empirical and simulation studies show that the suggested estimators outperformed the existing estimators.
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