TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rao,J.N.K.
AU  - Molina,Isabel
TI  - Small area estimation
T2  - Wiley series in survey methodology
SN  - 9781118735787 
U1  - 000SA.09 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New Jersey : 
PB  - John Wiley
KW  - Estimation theory
KW  - Small area statistics
KW  - Sampling (Statistics)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction --
2. Direct domain estimation -- 
3. Indirect domain estimation -- 
4. Small area models -- 
5. Empirical best linear unbiased prediction : theory -- 
6. EBLUP : basic area level model -- 
7. Basic unit level model -- 
8. EBLUP : extensions -- 
9. Empirical Bayes (EB) method -- 
10. Hierarchical Bayes (HB) method
N2  - Praise for the First Edition "This pioneering work, in which Rao provides a comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of small area estimation, will become a classic. I believe that it has the potential to turn small area estimation. into a larger area of importance to both researchers and practitioners.
ER  -