Danny Pfeffermann
New Important Developments in Small Area Estimation
University of Southampton|Hebrew University of Jerusalem
problem small area estimation sae produce reliable estimates characteristics interest means counts quantiles etc areas domains small samples samples available assess precisionthe purpose paper review discuss new important developments small area estimation methodsrao small area estimation 2003 wrote comprehensive book covers main developments topic timea review papers written 2003 limited scopehence focus review new developments last 78 years make review selfcontained also mention shortly older developmentsthe review covers designbased modeldependent methods latter methods classified frequentist bayesian methodsthe style paper similar style previous review sae published 2002 explaining new problems investigated describing proposed solutions without dwelling theoretical details found original articlesi hope paper useful researchers like learn research carried sae practitioners might interested application new methods