Published 1982 | Version v1
Journal article

Inverse sampled Bernoulli (ISB) procedure for estimating a population proportion, with nuclear material applications

Creators

  • 1. Union Carbide Corp., Oak Ridge, TN

Description

A new sampling procedure is introduced for estimating a population proportion. The procedure combines the ideas of inverse binomial sampling and Bernoulli sampling. An unbiased estimator is given with its variance. The procedure can be viewed as a generalization of inverse binomial sampling

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Am. J. Math. Manage. Sci.
Journal Volume
2
Journal Issue
2
Series
Am. J. Math. Manage. Sci.
Journal Page Range
123-134

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
15002025
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Descriptors DEI
DETECTION; PROBABILITY; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SAMPLING; STATISTICS
Descriptors DEC
MATERIALS; MATHEMATICS