M-quantile models for small area estimation

Biometrika

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 255-268

  Chambers, Ray ^a   Tzavidis, Nikos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Influence function; Median estimation; Multilevel model; Quantile regression; Robust inference; Weighted least squares

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745614046     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/93.2.255     Document Type: Article

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