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To estimate the age distribution of a fish population, a two-phase stratified sample design is proposed. Bayesian methods are employed to determine (a) optimal estimators of the desired population proportions; and (b) the optimal choice of second-phase sample sizes subject to a fixed budget. A summary of the results of some numerical examples is presented. These examples demonstrate typical expected gains obtained by using the Bayesian optima as compared to alternative choices of second-phase sample sizes suggested in the substantive literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work considers estimation of dichotomous characteristics of rare populations by sample survey. In particular, we investigate optimum allocation when a network sampling rule (also called multiplicity rule) is used to link members of the rare population to enumeration units and when the enumeration units are chosen by stratified random sampling. For this situation, formulas are derived for optimum allocation under the restriction that an enumeration unit is linked to at most one member of the rare population, and the cost efficiency of network sampling rules is compared to that of conventional enumeration rules. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]