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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131624403321

Autore

Rao J. N. K. <1937->

Titolo

Small area estimation / / J. N. K. Rao and Isabel Molina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-118-73572-2

1-118-73585-4

1-118-73579-X

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (476 p.)

Collana

Wiley Series in Survey Methodology

Disciplina

519.5/2

Soggetti

Small area statistics

Sampling (Statistics)

Estimation theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Direct domain estimation -- Indirect domain estimation -- Small area models -- Empirical best linear unbiased prediction : theory -- EBLUP : basic area level model -- Basic unit level model -- EBLUP : extensions -- Empirical Bayes (EB) method -- Hierarchical Bayes (HB) method.

Sommario/riassunto

Praise for the First Edition   "This pioneering work, in which Rao provides a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of small area estimation, will become a classic...I believe that it has the potential to turn small area estimation...into a larger area of importance to both researchers and practitioners."   - Journal of the American Statistical Association   Written by two experts in the field, Small Area Estimation, Second Edition provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the methods and theory of small area estimation (SAE), particularly indirect estimation based on explicit small