Inference with data coming from multiple frames: The use of auxiliary information Molina, David Arcos Cebrián, Antonio Rueda García, María Del Mar Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa Técnicas de inferencia estadísticas Teorías y técnicas de muestreo Encuestas Estadísticas Marcos múltiples (Encuestas) Frames2 Software This thesis is presented as a compendium of 4 publications in relation with the contents of the thesis. 3 of the papers are already published in specialized journals and the fourth one is submitted for reviewing. The full version of the papers is included in Appendices A1 - A4, in the second part of the thesis, at the end of it. Previous to the appendix section, a list of chapters that summarize the most important aspects of the papers to facilitate their reading is presented. The first chapter constitutes an introduction to the problem of the estimation in a multiple frame context and a comprehensive overview of the existing approaches for estimating parameters from data coming from a multiple frame survey. Then, the objectives this thesis pursues are enumerated. The methodology used and the most relevant results obtained are presented in Chapters 3 and 4, respectively. Chapter 5 lists the conclusions derived from the results obtained. Finally, Chapter 6 provides some notes on the current research related with the topics addressed in the thesis that is being carried out at present. 2016-12-20T12:16:08Z 2016-12-20T12:16:08Z 2016 2016-07-04 info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis Molina, D. Inference with data coming from multiple frames: The use of auxiliary information. Granada: Universidad de Granada, 2016. [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/44077] 9788491259855 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/44077 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License Universidad de Granada