This study proposes a modified Preston-Bennett method for the estimation of adult mortality in developing countries. Unlike the previous method, the proposed method derives estimates of adult mortality directly from the 5-year age distribution at the mid-point of the inter-censal...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2021/v21i530244
In literature, when missing values are observed in a series, emphasis has always been on obtaining the estimates of the missing values while little or no attention has been given to assessing the effects of the missing values on parameter estimates. The aim of this study therefor...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2025/v25i41142
This study discusses the effects of missing observations on Buys-Ballot estimate when trend-cycle component of time series is linear. The method adopted in this study is Decomposing Without the Missing Value (DWMV) which is used to estimate missing observations in time series dec...
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Research Article10.9734/ajpas/2020/v6i330161