sampling (version 0.45)

UPminimalsupport: Minimal support sampling

Description

Uses minimal support method to select a sample of units (unequal probabilities, without replacement, fixed sample size).

Usage

UPminimalsupport(pik)

Arguments

pik

vector of prescribed inclusion probabilities.

Details

Returns a vector (with elements 0 and 1) of size N, the population size. Each element k of this vector indicates the status of unit k (1, unit k is selected in the sample; 0, otherwise).

References

Deville, J.-C., Till�, Y. (1998), Unequal probability sampling without replacement through a splitting method, Biometrika, 85, 89-101. Till�, Y. (2006), Sampling Algorithms, Springer.

Examples

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## Example 1
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#define the prescribed inclusion probabilities
pik=c(0.2,0.7,0.8,0.5,0.4,0.4)
#select a sample
s=UPminimalsupport(pik)
#the sample is
(1:length(pik))[s==1]
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## Example 2
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data(belgianmunicipalities)
Tot=belgianmunicipalities$Tot04
name=belgianmunicipalities$Commune
pik=inclusionprobabilities(Tot,200)
#select a sample
s=UPminimalsupport(pik)  
#the sample is
as.vector(name[s==1])