Keywords and phrases: auxiliary variable, mean squares between and within clusters, geographic information system, optimum cluster size, superpopulation model.
Received: April 28, 2021; Revised: June 30, 2021; Accepted: July 10, 2021; Published: August 14, 2021
How to cite this article: Bhuwaneshwar Kumar Gupt, F. Lalthlamuanpuii and Md. Irphan Ahamed, Optimum cluster size under a superpopulation model, Advances and Applications in Statistics 70(1) (2021), 11-30. DOI: 10.17654/AS070010011
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