Small area estimation (SAE) has become a widely used technique in official statistics since the last decade of past century. When the sample size is not enough to provide reliable estimates at a very particular level, the power of models and auxiliary information must be applied with no hesitation. In a nutshell, SAE tries to … Sigue leyendo Small Area Estimation 101
Etiqueta: Modeling
Intercept or not? That’s the question!
My current passion is statistical modeling. While each model requires the researcher to make a proper contextualization of the problem he/she is addressing, which means that no model is equal to another, there is a common question that the researcher should answer before estimating model parameters.Do I fit the model with an intercept or not?While … Sigue leyendo Intercept or not? That’s the question!
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