Fully Bayesian Benchmarking of Small Area Estimation Models

Estimates for small areas defined by social, demographic, and geographic variables are increasingly important for official statistics. To overcome problems of small sample sizes, statisticians usually derive model-based estimates. When aggregated, however, the model- based estimates typically do not...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhang Junni L., Bryant John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-03-01
Series:Journal of Official Statistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2020-0010