Table 6 Percent relative efficiency (pre) of competing and proposed estimators under gamma population with strong auxiliary correlation ρ ≈ 0.90, and sample size n=150.

From: Log-ratio type estimation for the finite population mean under simple random sampling without replacement with theory, simulation and application

Estimator

Mean

Normal

Percentile

Lowe confidence limit(LCL)

Upper confidence limit (UCL)

Lowe confidence limit (LCL)

Upper confidence limit (UCL)

T0

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

T1

3.970e + 04

2.250e + 03

7.710e + 04

1.320e + 00

1.430e + 05

T2

2.480e + 03

– 1.840e + 03

6.810e + 03

1.530e + 00

9.970e + 02

T3

5.670e + 03

– 1.030e + 02

1.140e + 04

5.070e + 00

1.430e + 04

T4

1.810e + 07

– 1.650e + 07

5.260e + 07

1.940e + 00

9.060e + 05

T5

2.690e + 04

– 1.690e + 04

7.070e + 04

5.460e + 00

1.230e + 04

T6

1.090e + 08

– 1.040e + 08

3.210e + 08

1.580e + 00

4.390e + 05

T7

4.110e + 04

– 3.770e + 03

8.610e + 04

2.260e + 00

7.970e + 04

T8

4.360e + 04

– 8.170e + 03

9.530e + 04

2.290e + 00

9.540e + 04

TP1

3.180e-06

2.700e-06

3.660e-06

3.170e-09

1.400e-05

TP2

3.720e-03

3.150e-03

4.290e-03

3.690e-06

1.680e-02