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Ranked Set Sampling Based On Binary Water Quality Data With Covariates, Paul Kvam
Ranked Set Sampling Based On Binary Water Quality Data With Covariates, Paul Kvam
Department of Math & Statistics Faculty Publications
A ranked set sample (RSS) is composed of independent order statistics, formed by collecting and ordering independent subsamples, then measuring only one item from each subsample. If the cost of sampling is dominated by data measurement rather than collection or ranking, the RSS technique is known to be superior to ordinary sampling. Experiments based on binary data are not designed to exploit the advantages of ranked set sampling because categorical data typically are as easily measured as ranked, making RSS methods impractical. However, in some environmental and biological studies, the success probability of a bivariate outcome is related to one …