Development of calibration estimator of population mean under non-response

Abstract

Using the calibration approach, the Hanson and Hurwitz (1946) technique-based estimator is developed for the situation where the information on auxiliary variable is assumed known for the entire sample units. Expressions for the estimator of population mean/total, its variance, and variance estimator were developed. The theoretical results are illustrated with the help of empirical studies. Empirical results showed that proposed calibration approach-based estimator outperforms the Hansen and Hurwitz technique.