Small area estimation : an empirical comparison of conventional and synthetic estimators for states
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1 online resource (vi, 19 pages) : illustrations - Publisher: Hyattsville, Md. : U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Office of Health Research, Statistics, and Technology, National Center for Health Statistics, 1979.
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| General Note: | "December 1979." GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 9). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / Louise G. Richarde and Monroe G. Sirken -- Introduction / Joseph Steinberg -- Part 1: Small Area Estimation-- Synthetic and Other Procedures, 1968-1978 / Paul S. Levy -- Discussion / Walt R. Simmons & Gary G. Koch -- Comments / Paul S. Levy -- General Discussion -- Part 2: A Composite Estimator for Small Area Statistics / Wesley L. Schaible -- Discussion / Barbara A. Bailar -- Comments / Wesley A Schaible -- General Discussion -- Prediction Models in Small Area Estimation / Richard M. Royall -- Discussion / Harold Nisselson -- General Discussion -- A Modified Approach to Small Area Estimation / Steven B. Cohn -- Discussion / Joseph Waksberg -- General Discussion -- Part 3. Case Studies on the Use and Accuracy of Synthetic Estimates: Unemployment and Housing Applications / Maria Elena Gonzalez -- Some Recent Census Bureau Applications of Regression techniques to Estimation / Robert E. Fay -- Discussion / Eugene P. Erickson -- General Discussion -- Part 4. Drug Abuse Applications: Some Regression Explorations with National Survey data / Reuben Cohen -- Discussion / Monroe G. Sirken & Ira Cisin -- General Discussion -- Applications of Synthetic Estimates to Alcoholism and Problem Drinking / David M. Promisel -- Discussion Donna O. Farley -- General Discussion -- Synthetic Estimates as an Approach to Needs Assessment: Issues and Experience / Charles G. Froland -- Discussion / Ruben Cohen -- General Discussion -- Expansion of Remarks / Walt R. Simmons -- Afterword / Joseph Steinberg |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (CDC, viewed April 2, 2020). |
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| Subject: | Estimation theory Health surveys Statistical methods Health surveys United States Statistical methods |
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| Small area estimation |
