Small area estimation and microsimulation modelling. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Azizur Rahman, Ann Harding.
• Authors: Rahman, Azizur; Harding, Ann, 1958-
• Contents: Introduction; Introduction; Main Aims of the Book; Guide for the Reader; Concluding remarks Small Area Estimation; Introduction; Small area estimation; Approaches to small area estimation; Direct estimation; Concluding remarks Indirect Estimation: Statistical Approaches ; Introduction; Implicit models approach; Explicit models approach; Methods for estimating explicit models; A comparison of three methods; Concluding remarks Indirect Estimation: Geographic Approaches; Introduction; Microsimulation modelling; Methodologies in microsimulation modelling technology; Combinatorial optimisation reweighting approach; Reweighting: The GREGWT approach; A comparison between GREGWT and CO 87; Concluding remarks Bayesian Prediction-Based Microdata Simulation; Introduction; The basic steps; The Bayesian prediction theory ; The multivariate model; The prior and posterior distributions; The linkage model; Prediction for modelling unobserved population units; Concluding remarks Microsimulation Modelling Technology for Small Area Estimation; Introduction; Data sources and issues; MMT-Based Model Specification; Housing stress; Small area estimation of housing stress; Concluding remarks Applications of the Methodologies ; Introduction; Results of the model: A general view; Estimation of households in housing stress by spatial scales; Small area estimates: Number of households in housing stress; Small area estimates: Percentage of households in housing stress; Concluding remarks Analysis of Small Area Estimates in Capital Cities ; Introduction; Sydney; Melbourne; Brisbane; Perth; Adelaide; Canberra; Hobart; Darwin; Concluding remarks Validation and Measure of Statistical Reliability; Introduction; Some validation methods in the literature; New approaches to validating housing stress estimation; Measure of statistical reliability of the MMT estimates; Concluding remarks Conclusions and Computing Codes; Introduction; Summary of major findings; Limitations; Areas offurther studies; Computing codes and programming; Concluding remarks References Appendices
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 519.544; Estimation theory -- Computer simulation; Statistical matching
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482260731
• Related ISBNs: 9781482260724
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