Robust small area prediction for counts

Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 373-395

  Tzavidis, Nikos ^a   Ranalli, M Giovanna ^b   Salvati, Nicola ^c   Dreassi, Emanuela ^d   Chambers, Ray ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

bootstrap; generalized linear models; health survey; M quantile regression; non normal outcomes; robust inference

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; ROBUSTNESS; SIMULATION; SMALL AREA PREDICTION FOR COUNTS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; VERY ELDERLY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84930462412     PISSN: 09622802     EISSN: 14770334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0962280214520731     Document Type: Article

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