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Contributions To Emerging Techniques In Survey Sampling., Sanghamitra Pal Dr. Jun 2004

Contributions To Emerging Techniques In Survey Sampling., Sanghamitra Pal Dr.

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This dissertation contains seven Chapters. The contents in the respective Chapters may be briefly recounted as follows.A topic of classical interest in survey sampling is how to ensure the existence of a uniformly non-negative (UNN) unbiased estimator for the mean square error (MSE) of a homogeneous linear estimator (HLE) for a finite survey population total. Hájek (1958), Vijayan (1975), Rao and Vijayan (1977) and Rao (1979) developed a number of results which boil down to the folowing as narrated in the monograph by Chaudhuri and Stenger (1992).If there exist non-zero constants w, and the unknown values y, of the variable …


Planning And Resource Mobilization In A Developing Economy., Dilip Ratha Dr. Feb 1991

Planning And Resource Mobilization In A Developing Economy., Dilip Ratha Dr.

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In developing economies, the per capita availability of essential goods and services is quite low. Hence a large section of the society cannot afford even the mininum necessities of 1ite. While human and natural resources are plenty, produced means of produetion like plant and equipment and construction materiais are soaroe. Hence the human resources are not fully utilized. Since the distribution of income and assets is highly skewed, even the snall quantity of essential goods and services is not equitably distributed. When resources 11ke land and capital are privately owned and goods and services are distributed through the narket mechanism, …