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- 1. Small area estimation under a restriction ArchivedArticles and reports: 12-001-X200800110619Description:
Small area prediction based on random effects, called EBLUP, is a procedure for constructing estimates for small geographical areas or small subpopulations using existing survey data. The total of the small area predictors is often forced to equal the direct survey estimate and such predictors are said to be calibrated. Several calibrated predictors are reviewed and a criterion that unifies the derivation of these calibrated predictors is presented. The predictor that is the unique best linear unbiased predictor under the criterion is derived and the mean square error of the calibrated predictors is discussed. Implicit in the imposition of the restriction is the possibility that the small area model is misspecified and the predictors are biased. Augmented models with one additional explanatory variable for which the usual small area predictors achieve the self-calibrated property are considered. Simulations demonstrate that calibrated predictors have slightly smaller bias compared to those of the usual EBLUP predictor. However, if the bias is a concern, a better approach is to use an augmented model with an added auxiliary variable that is a function of area size. In the simulation, the predictors based on the augmented model had smaller MSE than EBLUP when the incorrect model was used for prediction. Furthermore, there was a very small increase in MSE relative to EBLUP if the auxiliary variable was added to the correct model.
Release date: 2008-06-26 - Articles and reports: 11-522-X200600110417Description:
The coefficients of regression equations are often parameters of interest for health surveys and such surveys are usually of complex design with differential sampling rates. We give estimators for the regression coefficients for complex surveys that are superior to ordinary expansion estimators under the subject matter model, but also retain desirable design properties. Theoretical and Monte Carlo properties are presented.
Release date: 2008-03-17
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- 1. Small area estimation under a restriction ArchivedArticles and reports: 12-001-X200800110619Description:
Small area prediction based on random effects, called EBLUP, is a procedure for constructing estimates for small geographical areas or small subpopulations using existing survey data. The total of the small area predictors is often forced to equal the direct survey estimate and such predictors are said to be calibrated. Several calibrated predictors are reviewed and a criterion that unifies the derivation of these calibrated predictors is presented. The predictor that is the unique best linear unbiased predictor under the criterion is derived and the mean square error of the calibrated predictors is discussed. Implicit in the imposition of the restriction is the possibility that the small area model is misspecified and the predictors are biased. Augmented models with one additional explanatory variable for which the usual small area predictors achieve the self-calibrated property are considered. Simulations demonstrate that calibrated predictors have slightly smaller bias compared to those of the usual EBLUP predictor. However, if the bias is a concern, a better approach is to use an augmented model with an added auxiliary variable that is a function of area size. In the simulation, the predictors based on the augmented model had smaller MSE than EBLUP when the incorrect model was used for prediction. Furthermore, there was a very small increase in MSE relative to EBLUP if the auxiliary variable was added to the correct model.
Release date: 2008-06-26 - Articles and reports: 11-522-X200600110417Description:
The coefficients of regression equations are often parameters of interest for health surveys and such surveys are usually of complex design with differential sampling rates. We give estimators for the regression coefficients for complex surveys that are superior to ordinary expansion estimators under the subject matter model, but also retain desirable design properties. Theoretical and Monte Carlo properties are presented.
Release date: 2008-03-17
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