ABSTRACT The Fay-Herriot area-level model for correlated response data is augmented with a between-groups-of-domains effect. Correlated-response parameters of small-area estimates no longer need the assumption of spatial contiguity. A simulation shows that area-level correlated-response observations increase the efficiency of the estimates, but do not reduce the biases.

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存在区域级相关响应的小区域估计

摘要 用于相关响应数据的 Fay-Herriot 区域级模型增加了域组间效应。小区域估计的相关响应参数不再需要空间邻接假设。模拟表明，区域级别的相关响应观测提高了估计的效率，但并没有减少偏差。