Small area statistics
Subtitle: An International Symposium
By: edited by R. Platek ... [et al.].
Contributors: Platek, Richard.; International Symposium on Small Area Statistics (1985 : Ottawa, Ont.)
Edition: First edition
Series: Wiley series in probability and mathematical statistics.
Publisher: John Wiley
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
Copyright date: ©1987
Subjects: Social sciences -- Statistical methods -- Congresses.; Small area statistics -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: xiv, 278 p. : 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Papers presented at the International Symposium on Small Area Statistics, held in May 1985, at Canada's Capital Congress Centre in Ottawa
Table of contents: title: - POLICY ISSUES:; title: - Small Area Data:; title: - Policy Issues and Technical Challenges;; title: - POPULATION ESTIMATION FOR SMALL AREAS:; title: - Sensitivity Analysis of Local Estimates of Undercount in the 1980 US Census;; title: - Recent Developments in the Regression Method for Estimation of Population for Small Areas in Canada;; title: - Regression Methods and Performance Criteria for Small Area Population Estimation;; title: - THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS:; title: - Using a Covariate for Small Area Estimation:; title: - A Common Sense Bayesian Approach;; title: - Application of Multivariate Regression to Small Domain Estimation;; title: - The Multivariate Components of Variance Model for Small Area Estimation;; title: - Bayes and Empirical Bayes Approaches to Small Area Estimation;; title: - ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCES WITH SMALL AREA TECHNIQUES:; title: - Using Model-Based Estimation to Improve the Estimate of Unemployment on a Regional Level in the Swedish Labor Force Survey;; title: - Use of Regression Techniques for Developing State and Area Employment and Unemployment Estimates;; title: - Sensitivity of Small Area Estimators to Misclassification and Conceptual Differences of Variables;; title: - The Estimation of the Number of Unemployed at the Small Area Level;; title: - Small Area Estimation Research for Census Undercount - Progress Report;; title: - An Evaluation of Small Area Estimation Methods:; title: - The Case of Estimating the Number of Nonmarried, Cohabitating Persons in Swedish Municipalities;; title: - PANEL DISCUSSION:; title: - Author Index;; title: - Subject Index.