Indirect Estimators in U.S. Federal Programs

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction and Summary

   • Wesley L. Schaible

   Pages 1-15

3. Synthetic Estimation in Followback Surveys at The National Center for Health Statistics

   • Joe Fred Gonzalez Jr., Paul J. Placek, Chester Scott

   Pages 16-27

4. State, Metropolitan Area, and County Income Estimation

   • Wallace Bailey, Linnea Hazen, Daniel Zabronsky

   Pages 28-58

5. Postcensal Population Estimates: States, Counties, and Places

   • John F. Long

   Pages 59-82

6. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ State and Local Area Estimates of Employment and Unemployment

   • Richard Tiller, Sharon Brown, Alan Tupek

   Pages 83-103

7. County Estimation of Crop Acreage Using Satellite Data

   • Michael Bellow, Mitchell Graham, William C. Iwig

   Pages 104-128

8. The National Agricultural Statistics Service County Estimates Program

   • William C. Iwig

   Pages 129-144

9. Model Based State Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey

   • Donald Malec

   Pages 145-167

10. Estimation of Median Income for 4-Person Families by State

    • Robert Fay, Charles Nelson, Leon Litow

    Pages 168-187

11. Recommendations and Cautions

    • Wesley L. Schaible

    Pages 188-195

12. Back Matter

    Pages 197-198

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In 1991, a subcommittee of the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology met to document the use of indirect estimators - that is, estimators which use data drawn from a domain or time different from the domain or time for which an estimate is required. This volume comprises the eight reports which describe the use of indirect estimators and they are based on case studies from a variety of federal programs. As a result, many researchers will find this book provides a valuable survey of how indirect estimators are used in practice and which addresses some of the pitfalls of these methods.

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• statistical method
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• Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA

  Wesley L. Schaible

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