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Small area estimation under informative probability sampling of areas and within the selected areas

Small area estimation under informative probability sampling of areas and within the selected areas
Small area estimation under informative probability sampling of areas and within the selected areas
In this article we show how to predict small area means and obtain valid MSE estimators and confidence intervals when the areas represented in the sample are sampled with unequal probabilities that are possibly related to the true (unknown) area means, and the sampling of units within the selected areas is with probabilities that are possibly related to the outcome values. Ignoring the effects of the sampling process on the distribution of the observed outcomes in such cases may bias the inference very severely. Classical design based inference that uses the randomization distribution of probability weighted estimators cannot be applied for predicting the means of nonsampled areas. We propose simple test statistics for testing the informativeness of the selection of the areas and the sampling of units within the selected areas. The proposed procedures are illustrated by a simulation study and a real application of estimating mean body mass index in counties of the U.S.A, using data from the NHANES III survey.
M07/06
Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, University of Southampton
Pfeffermann, Danny
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Sverchkov, Michail
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Pfeffermann, Danny
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Sverchkov, Michail
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Pfeffermann, Danny and Sverchkov, Michail (2007) Small area estimation under informative probability sampling of areas and within the selected areas (S3RI Methodology Working Papers, M07/06) Southampton, GB. Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, University of Southampton 37pp.

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In this article we show how to predict small area means and obtain valid MSE estimators and confidence intervals when the areas represented in the sample are sampled with unequal probabilities that are possibly related to the true (unknown) area means, and the sampling of units within the selected areas is with probabilities that are possibly related to the outcome values. Ignoring the effects of the sampling process on the distribution of the observed outcomes in such cases may bias the inference very severely. Classical design based inference that uses the randomization distribution of probability weighted estimators cannot be applied for predicting the means of nonsampled areas. We propose simple test statistics for testing the informativeness of the selection of the areas and the sampling of units within the selected areas. The proposed procedures are illustrated by a simulation study and a real application of estimating mean body mass index in counties of the U.S.A, using data from the NHANES III survey.

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Published date: 2007
Additional Information: This paper supersedes working paper M05/18

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Date deposited: 22 Mar 2007
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Author: Michail Sverchkov

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