On parametric bootstrap methods for small area prediction

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-238

  Hall, Peter ^a   Maiti, Tapabrata ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best linear unbiased predictor; Best predictor; Bootstrap; Double bootstrap; Mean squared predictive error; Mixed effects; Prediction interval; Two stage estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644787360     PISSN: 13697412     EISSN: 14679868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9868.2006.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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