SIMPLE COMPUTATIONAL FORMULAS FOR INCLUSION PROBABILITIES IN RANKED SET SAMPLING

In this study, we derived new formulations for the first and second order inclusion probabilities of a ranked set sample in a finite population setting. Gökpınar and Özdemir (2010) developed a formula to calculate the first order inclusion probabilities. However, the formula given in this study is much easier than the one given by Gökpınar and Özdemir (2010). Second order inclusion probabilities are computed based on the formulas which are used for the calculation of first order inclusion probabilities. Also, we give a numerical example to show the calculation of the formulas and Matlab codes which give first and second inclusion probabilities for any set and population sizes.