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Inference on Polychotomous Responses in Finite Populations
Author(s) -
ADHYA SUMANTA,
BANERJEE TATHAGATA,
CHATTOPADHYAY GAURANGADEB
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.359
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1467-9469
pISSN - 0303-6898
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2011.00758.x
Subject(s) - mathematics , estimator , statistics , consistency (knowledge bases) , population , sample (material) , multinomial logistic regression , invariant estimator , minimum variance unbiased estimator , inference , efficient estimator , econometrics , computer science , artificial intelligence , chemistry , demography , geometry , chromatography , sociology
. A model‐based predictive estimator is proposed for the population proportions of a polychotomous response variable, based on a sample from the population and on auxiliary variables, whose values are known for the entire population. The responses for the non‐sample units are predicted using a multinomial logit model, which is a parametric function of the auxiliary variables. A bootstrap estimator is proposed for the variance of the predictive estimator, its consistency is proved and its small sample performance is compared with that of an analytical estimator. The proposed predictive estimator is compared with other available estimators, including model‐assisted ones, both in a simulation study involving different sampling designs and model mis‐specification, and using real data from an opinion survey. The results indicate that the prediction approach appears to use auxiliary information more efficiently than the model‐assisted approach.