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Abstract #300105

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Activity Number: 422
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Thursday, August 12, 2004 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #300105
Title: Influence Functions and Robust Small-area Estimation
Author(s): Malay Ghosh*+
Companies: University of Florida
Address: Dept. of Statistics, Gainesville, FL, 32611-8545,
Keywords: predictive influence function ; small-area estimation ; robust estimation
Abstract:

The paper introduces the notion of predictive influence functions, and their role in model-based finite population sampling. In particular, we consider robust small-area estimation based on predictive influence functions.

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