Towards a Routine External Evaluation Protocol for Small Area Estimation

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Dorfman, Alan H.
Copyright Year	2018
Description	Journal: International Statistical Review Statistical criteria are needed by which to evaluate the potential success or failure of applications of small area estimation. A necessary step to achieve this is a protocol—a series of steps—by which to assess whether an instance of small area estimation has given satisfactory results or not. Most customary attempts at evaluation of small area techniques have deficiencies. Often, evaluation is not attempted. Every small area study requires an external evaluation. With proper planning, this can be routinely achieved, although at some cost, amounting to some sacrifice of efficiency of global estimates. We propose a Routine External Evaluation Protocol to allow us to judge whether, in a given survey, small area estimation has led to accurate results and sound inference.
Related Links	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7437903/pdf
Ending Page	274
Page Count	16
Starting Page	259
ISSN	03067734
e-ISSN	17515823
DOI	10.1111/insr.12248
Journal	International Statistical Review
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	86
Language	English
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher Date	2018-08-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: International Statistical Review Confidence Interval Mean Square Error Mean Square Error Estimate
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Statistics and Probability Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty