A general and basic model for inference about characteristics of a finite population of distinguishable elements is presented from a subjectivistic-Bayesian point of view. A subjectivist analogue to ...

Generalized variance functions (GVF's) are used in a number of sample surveys as a convenient method of publishing sampling errors. The method consists of estimating the relative variance (relvariance ...

Some special challenges arise when sampling these populations. In particular, it may be difficult to find a sampling frame or list for the population of interest, and this may influence how the ...