On the Efficiency of Modified Regression-type Estimators Using Robust Regression Slopes and Non-conventional Measures of Dispersion

Abstract

Supplementary variables associated with the study variables have been identified to be helpful in improving the efficiency of ratio, product and regression estimators both at planning and estimation stages. The existing regression-based estimators are functions of regression slopes and known auxiliary variables which are sensitive to outliers. Zaman & Bulut [1] and Zaman [2] addressed the issue of regression slopes in the aforementioned estimators using robust regression slopes like Huber-M, Hampel-M, Least Trimmed Squares (LTS) and Least Absolute Deviation (LAD). However, their estimators still utilized known auxiliary functions which are also sensitive to outliers or extreme values. Similarly, Yadav and Zaman [3] suggested non-conventional robust parameters of auxiliary variable which are robust against outliers. However, the problems of effects of outliers on regression slopes were not considered. In this study, the estimators of Zaman & Bulut [1] and Zaman [2] estimators were modified using robust non-conventional measures and Yadav and Zaman [3] estimators were modified using robust regression slopes. The properties (Biases and MSEs) of the modified estimators were derived up to the first order of approximation using Taylor series approach. The efficiency conditions of the proposed estimators over the existing estimators considered in the study were established. The empirical studies were conducted using stimulation data to investigate the efficiency of the proposed estimators over the efficiency of the existing estimators. The results revealed that the proposed estimators have minimum MSEs and higher PREs among all the competing estimators for the simulated populations in the study. This implies that the proposed estimators are more efficient and can produce better estimate of the population mean compared to other existing estimators considered in the study.