Small-Area Estimation of Economic Statistics |
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| Authors: | Cary T. Isaki |
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| Affiliation: | Statistical Research Division , U.S. Bureau of the Census , Washington , DC , 20233 |
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| Abstract: | A ratio-correlation (multiple regression) approach for estimating key economic statistics for small areas is proposed and compared with several synthetic estimation methods using various measures of performance. Using published data that are easily accessible, the methods provide a means of estimating statistics not currently published with a reasonable amount of error. |
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| Keywords: | County Business Patterns Mean absolute relative error Multiple regression Ratio-correlation methods Synthetic estimation |
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