Table 6 Mean squared error of \(\overline{y}_{ds}\), \(\hat{\overline{Y}}_{R}^{ds}\), \(\hat{\overline{Y}}_{{\text{Re}}}^{ds}\), \(\hat{\overline{Y}}_{{\text{Re}}}^{*}\), \(\hat{\overline{Y}}_{Rd}^{*}\), \(\hat{\overline{Y}}_{Rpd}^{*}\) and \(\hat{\overline{Y}}_{CRe}^{ds}\) with respect to \(\overline{y}_{ds}\) for unequal strata size.

From: Improved exponential type ratio estimator in double sampling for stratification

Estimators

Mean squared error

Population 1

Population 2

Population 3

\(\overline{y}_{ds}\)

0.0886

0.2460

0.0949

\(\hat{\overline{Y}}_{R}^{ds}\)

0.0388

0.1973

0.0362

\(\hat{\overline{Y}}_{{\text{Re}}}^{ds}\)

0.0944

0.2405

0.0985

\(\hat{\overline{Y}}_{{\text{Re}}}^{*}\)

0.0582

0.2305

0.0729

\(\hat{\overline{Y}}_{Rd}^{*}\)

0.0397

0.2157

0.0559

\(\hat{\overline{Y}}_{Rpd}^{*}\)

0.0958

0.2258

0.0902

\(\hat{\overline{Y}}_{{C{\text{Re}} }}^{ds}\)

0.0272

0.1951

0.0263

  1. Significant values are in bold.