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Washington Convention Center = “CC”, Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel = “RH”

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492 Wed, 8/5/09, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-150A
Nonparametric Methods for Small-Area Estimation - Invited - Papers
Section on Survey Research Methods, Section on Statistics and the Environment
Organizer(s): Jean Opsomer, Colorado State University
Chair(s): Jean Opsomer, Colorado State University
    2:05 PM   Fence Method for Prediction Problems and Its Application in Small Area EstimationJiming Jiang, University of California, Davis; Thuan Nguyen, Oregon Health & Science University; J. Sunil Rao, Case Western Reserve University
    2:30 PM   Borrowing Strength Over Space in Small Area Estimation: Comparing Local and Spline-Based M-Quantile Models with Spatial Autoregressive Random Effects ModelsNikos Tzavidis, University of Manchester
    2:55 PM   Robust Small Area Estimation Using Penalized Spline Mixed ModelsJ.N.K. Rao, Carleton University; Sanjoy K. Sinha, Carleton University
    3:20 PM   Design-Based Model Consistent Estimator for the Nested-Error RegressionTapabrata Maiti, Michigan State University; Lixia Diao, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Jean Opsomer, Colorado State University
     3:45 PM   Floor Discussion
 

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