Proportional stratified random sampling, an example

How to estimate the population mean, the population total and

the bound, B, on the error of estimation for a population with
10,000 units divided into 4 strata.

The estimates are based on a sample of 1.000 units that was

proportional allocated to the strata.

Stratum Ni ni Ni /N Yi Ni /N* Y i
1 5,000 500 0.5 10.5 5.25
2 2,000 200 0.2 19.5 3.90
3 2,000 200 0.2 20.1 4.02
4 1,000 100 0.1 21.3 2.13
 10,000 1,000 1 15.3

The estimate of the population mean is

N1 N L
N
Y st  Y 1  ........  L YL   i Y i =15.3.
N N i 1 N

Stratum S2i S2i/ni (Ni -ni)/ Ni (Ni /N)2  N i   N i  ni  s i

2 2

N  N n
   i  i
1 16 0.032 0.9 0.25 0.0072
2 13.5 0.0675 0.9 0.04 0.00243
3 15 0.075 0.9 0.04 0.0027
4 10.3 0.103 0.9 0.01 0.000927
 0.013257

Estimated variance of Y st is

2
 N   N  ni  s i
 L 2
V (Y st )    i   i  = 0.013257
i 1  N   N i  ni
the Bound, B, on the error of estimation is

B=0.013257 = 0.115139

The estimated population total is

L
N Y st   N i Y i =10,000*15.3 =153,000
i 1

The estimated variance of N Y st :

  L
 N i  ni  si2
V ( N Y st )  N V (Y st )   N 
2
i
2
 = 10,000*0.013257 = 132.57
i 1  N i  ni

The Bound, B, on the error of estimation is:

B = 132.57 = 11.5139