Judul: Pendugaan Area Kecil untuk Data Lognormal dengan Ketergantungan Spasial antar Area Kecil
Abstrak: The need for accurate statistics is currently increasing, not only for the whole population, but also for some parts (subs) of population. Data from a survey can be used as information source for producing the statistics. Unfortunately, most of surveys are usually designed to produce some statistics for a whole population. Consequently, the survey data is often too small (or could be zero) for producing some statistics by direct estimation method in some subpopulations, especially for those are not planned in the survey. Statistics which are produced by direct estimation method will have large standard error if they are based on very small sample size. Moreover, if the sample size is zero then the statistics by direct estimation method cannot be obtained. The subs of population which the selected sample from it is not large enough for producing reliable direct estimates is known by small area. A statistical method that focuses on estimating some parameters in a small area is called by Small Area Estimation (SAE). To increase the effectiveness of small sample size in small areas, it is necessary to consider indirect estimation method which can be implemented by ‘borrowing strength’, utilizing some information from some resources, such as censuses, surveys or administrative records. Furthermore, ‘borrowing strength’ also could be implemented by exploiting data structures, such as considering the possibility of spatial dependence among small areas. SAE is a method for estimating parameter which is model-based. The standard SAE models, which are usually mixed models, are employed for estimating a linear small area parameter. The model assumes that the variable of interest follows normal distribution and there is no correlation among small areas. This dissertation aims to develop the best predictor of linear small area parameter as well as nonlinear small area parameter whenever the variable of interest follows positively skew distribution and among small areas is spatially correlated. A linear small area parameter is a linear function of the population values of a variable of interest in a given small area. On the other hand, a nonlinear small area parameter is a nonlinear function of the population values of a variable of interest. A total or mean population of a variable of interest in a given small area is an example of linear small area parameter whereas a ratio or quantile is a nonlinear parameter. The estimates of linear small area parameter as well as nonlinear small area parameter are derived under our proposed model, namely a unit-level spatial lognormal mixed model. This model assumes that the variable of interest follows log normal distribution and among small areas are spatially correlated by following Simultaneously Autoregressive (SAR) process. To predict the values of variable of interest for non-sampled units, it has been proposed the spatial synthetic estimator (SYNT) and the Spatial Empirical Best Predictor (SEBP). The SYNT predicts the non-sampled values by its unconditional expectation whereas the SEBP predicts them by its conditional expectation. The conditional expectation for obtaining the SEBP of linear small area parameter is calculated analytically. On the other hand, the conditional expectation for obtaining the SEBP of
Keyword: spatial empirical best predictor, spatial synthetic estimator, linear small area parameter, nonlinear small area parameter, unit-level spatial lognormal mixed model