A Class of Modified Ratio Estimators for Estimation of Population Variance
By: J. Subramani and G. Kumarapandiyan
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jamsi-2015-0006 | Journal eISSN: 1339-0015 (formerly 1336-9180) | Journal ISSN: 1336-9180
Language: English
Page range: 91 - 114
Published on: Jun 27, 2015
Published by: University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava
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