Small area estimation under a two-part random effects model with application to estimation of literacy in developing countries

Survey Methodology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-249

  Pfeffermann, Danny ^a,b   Terryn, Bénédicte ^c   Moura, Fernando A S ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department for International Development ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Credibility intervals; Generalized linear mixed model; Goodness of fit; Linear mixed model; MCMC; Prediction bias; Prediction MSE

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949511416     PISSN: 07140045     EISSN: 14920921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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