Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5129709 Statistics & Probability Letters 2017 8 Pages PDF
Abstract

Neyman allocation (1) rarely yields integer solutions; (2) does not guarantee minimum sampling variance after rounding; and (3) can result in a stratum sample size that exceeds the overall stratum size. Using a simple decomposition, our exact optimal algorithms completely prevent these problems.

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