In developing quality-control procedures, a step-loss function has been used implicitly or explicitly to describe consumer perceptions about product quality. A quadratic loss function has been ...

In the ranked set sampling algorithm a sample of size n2 is available. The data can be ranked without measurements. A subsample of size n is created using the information given by the ranks. The ...

The Periodic Labour Force Survey provides employment–unemployment statistics for both the rural and urban areas on an annual basis and also quarterly estimates of key employment–unemployment ...