Small area estimation under a two-level model

Survey Methodology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-17

  Torabi, Mahmoud ^a   Rao, J N K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BLUP estimator; GREG estimator; Mean squared error; Random effects; Small area means

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954167017     PISSN: 07140045     EISSN: 14920921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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