lahiri.design {SDaA}

Draw Samples Using Lahiri's Method

Description

Draw Samples Using Lahiri's Method

Usage

lahiri.design(relsize, n, clnames = seq(along = relsize))

Arguments

relsize

vector of relative sizes of population PSUs

n

desired sample size

clnames

vector of PSU names for population

Value

clusters vector of n PSUs selected with replacement and with probability proportional to relsize

Note

Original code from Lohr (1999), p. 452 – 453.

Author(s)

Sharon Lohr, slightly modified by Tobias Verbeke

References

Lahiri, D. B. (1951). A method of sample selection providing unbiased ratio estimates, Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 33: 133 – 140.