Review and synthesis of estimation strategies to meet small area needs in Forest inventory

GT Dettmann, PJ Radtke, JW Coulston… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Small area estimation is a growing area of research for making inferences over geographic,
demographic, or temporal domains smaller than those in which a particular survey data set …

A spatially varying model for small area estimates of biomass density across the contiguous United States

P May, KS McConville, GG Moisen, J Bruening… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The USDA Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program constructs
area estimates of forest attributes through a quasi-systematic sample of field plots distributed …

Constructing sociodemographic indicators for national statistical institutes by using mobile phone data: estimating literacy rates in Senegal

T Schmid, F Bruckschen, N Salvati… - Journal of the Royal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Modern systems of official statistics require the accurate and timely estimation of
sociodemographic indicators for disaggregated geographical regions. Traditional data …

Measuring disaggregate level food insecurity via multivariate small area modelling: evidence from rural districts of Uttar Pradesh, India

S Guha, H Chandra - Food Security, 2021 - Springer
In recent times, India has achieved significant advancement on several health indicators
while the state of food security in the country still needs sustained efforts to accelerate …

Small area prediction of proportions and counts under a spatial Poisson mixed model

M Boubeta, MJ Lombardía, D Morales - Statistical Methods & Applications, 2024 - Springer
This paper introduces an area-level Poisson mixed model with SAR (1) spatially correlated
random effects. Small area predictors of proportions and counts are derived from the new …

Small area estimation of poverty and wealth using geospatial data: What have we learned so far?

D Newhouse - Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This article offers a non-technical review of selected applications that combine survey and
geospatial data to generate small area estimates of wealth or poverty. Publicly available …

Small area estimation under a spatially correlated multivariate area-level model

S Guha, H Chandra - Journal of the Royal Statistical Society …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Spatial version of multivariate Fay–Herriot model is introduced and small area predictor
under this model is proposed. The residual maximum likelihood is employed for estimating …

Small area prediction of counts under a non-stationary spatial model

H Chandra, N Salvati, R Chambers - Spatial Statistics, 2017 - Elsevier
There is a growing need for current and reliable counts at small area level. The empirical
predictor under a generalised linear mixed model (GLMM) is often used for small area …

Measuring and map** disaggregate level disparities in food consumption and nutritional status via multivariate small area modelling

S Guha, H Chandra - Social Indicators Research, 2021 - Springer
Although India has progressed significantly on several health outcomes but the state of food
and nutrition security in the country still requires sustained efforts to accelerate achievement …

Spatial small area estimates of undernutrition for under five children in Ethiopia via combining survey and census data

SA Yilema, YA Shiferaw, TT Zewotir… - Spatial and Spatio …, 2022 - Elsevier
A survey is typically designed to produce reliable estimates of target variables of the
population at national and regional levels. For unplanned zones with small sample sizes …