Grafström, Anton
- Department of Forest Resource Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2012Peer reviewed
Grafström, Anton; Lundström, Niklas; Schelin, Lina
A simple method to select a spatially balanced sample using equal or unequal inclusion probabilities is presented. For populations with spatial trends in the variables of interest, the estimation can be much improved by selecting samples that are well spread over the population. The method can be used for any number of dimensions and can hence also select spatially balanced samples in a space spanned by several auxiliary variables. Analysis and examples indicate that the suggested method achieves a high degree of spatial balance and is therefore efficient for populations with trends.
Generalized random-tessellation stratified; Pivotal method; Spatial sampling; Unequal probability sampling
Biometrics
2012, Volume: 68, number: 2, pages: 514-520
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL
Probability Theory and Statistics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0420.2011.01699.x
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/41254