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Calculation in stratified sampling is best done in tabular format, first per stratum and then combining the per-stratum results to the values / estimations for the entire population. The estimation of the mean is illustrated in Table 2 and results – as expected – in the parametric mean without stratification. Table 3 presents the calculation of the parametric error variance for <math>n=10</math> and the defined allocation of samples to the three strata.
 
Calculation in stratified sampling is best done in tabular format, first per stratum and then combining the per-stratum results to the values / estimations for the entire population. The estimation of the mean is illustrated in Table 2 and results – as expected – in the parametric mean without stratification. Table 3 presents the calculation of the parametric error variance for <math>n=10</math> and the defined allocation of samples to the three strata.
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'''Table 2:''' Calculation of parametric population mean from the parametric strata means.
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{| class="wikitable"
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|-
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!''Stratum''
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!''Stratum mean''
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!''Weight <math>W_h\,</math>''
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!''mean<math>\by\,</math>weight''
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|1
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|6.29
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|0.466667
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|2.9333
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|2
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|10.13
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|0.266667
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|2.7000
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|3
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|5.38
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|0.266667
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|1.4333
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|'''7.0667'''
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Revision as of 18:47, 16 December 2010

Example 1

Figure 1: Illustration why stratification is most efficient when the strata means are as different as possible
Figure 2: Subdividing the example population (arbitrarily) in three strata, for illustration purposes

Imagine the example population of \(N=30\) elements be subdivided into three strata as in figure 1. Here, stratification has been done arbitrarily into three strata of size 14, 8 and 8. From this stratified population, we wish to take a sample of \(n=10\), taking \(n_1=4\) from the first stratum and \(n_2=n_3=3\) from the other two strata. The stratum parametric means and variances are given in Table 1.

Table 1: Stratum parameters for the stratified example population.

Stratum \(N_h\,\) \(n_h\,\) \(\mu_h\,\) \(\sigma_h^2\,\)
1 14 4 6.29 3.49
2 8 3 10.13 4.86
3 8 3 5.38 2.48





Calculation in stratified sampling is best done in tabular format, first per stratum and then combining the per-stratum results to the values / estimations for the entire population. The estimation of the mean is illustrated in Table 2 and results – as expected – in the parametric mean without stratification. Table 3 presents the calculation of the parametric error variance for \(n=10\) and the defined allocation of samples to the three strata.

Table 2: Calculation of parametric population mean from the parametric strata means.

Stratum Stratum mean Weight \(W_h\,\) mean\(\by\,\)weight
1 6.29 0.466667 2.9333
2 10.13 0.266667 2.7000
3 5.38 0.266667 1.4333
7.0667
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