Transforming response values in small area prediction
2017
Sugasawa, Shonosuke | Kubokawa, Tatsuya
In real applications of small area estimation, one often encounters data with positive response values. The use of a parametric transformation for positive response values in the Fay–Herriot model is proposed for such a case. An asymptotically unbiased small area predictor is derived and a second-order unbiased estimator of the mean squared error is established using the parametric bootstrap. Through simulation studies, a finite sample performance of the proposed predictor and the MSE estimator is investigated. The methodology is also successfully applied to Japanese survey data.
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