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. 2022 Dec 13;10:e14551. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14551

Table 2. The relative root mean square error of the new ratio estimators and associated variance estimators with population size N = 300.

Response rate (%) n The relative root mean square error of the proposed estimators The relative root mean square error of the variance estimators
X¯ is known X¯ is unknown X¯ is known X¯ is unknown
PRMSE(Y^R(2)) PRMSE(Y^R(3)) PRMSE(V^(Y^R(2))) PRMSE(V^(Y^R(3)))
MAR MCAR MAR MCAR MAR MCAR MAR MCAR
60 10 0.1166 0.1196 0.1169 0.1198 0.6605 0.6902 2.2661 2.7669
20 0.1038 0.1056 0.1049 0.1067 0.5423 0.5452 1.3307 1.3510
60 0.0624 0.0626 0.0631 0.0634 0.2420 0.2489 0.3666 0.4646
120 0.0478 0.0479 0.0483 0.0485 0.1548 0.1829 0.2500 0.2634
80 10 0.0949 0.0962 0.0957 0.0968 0.4347 0.4533 2.2106 2.5923
20 0.0863 0.0869 0.0869 0.0871 0.3722 0.3736 1.3123 1.3319
60 0.0480 0.0484 0.0481 0.0485 0.2084 0.2150 0.3628 0.4144
120 0.0298 0.0301 0.0298 0.0303 0.1392 0.1514 0.2164 0.2325