Bayesian methods for inference on finite population means and other parameters by using sample survey data face hurdles in all three phases of the inferential procedure: the formulation of a likelihood function, the choice of a prior distribution and the validity of posterior inferences under...

We show that the model-calibration estimator for the finite population mean, which was proposed by Wu & Sitter (2001) through an intuitive argument, is optimal among a class of calibration estimators. We also present optimal calibration estimators for the finite population distribution function,...