On asymptotic normality and variance estimation for nondifferentiable survey estimators

Biometrika

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-106

  Wang, Jianqiang C ^a   Opsomer, J D ^b  

^a National Institute of Statistical Sciences   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimating equation; Kernel regression; Nondifferentiable estimator; Replication variance estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952125399     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asq077     Document Type: Article

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