Description Usage Arguments Value
Function fh
estimates indicators using the Fay-Herriot approach by
Fay and Herriot (1979). Point estimates of indicators are
empirical best linear unbiased predictors (EBLUPs). Additionally, mean squared
error (MSE) estimation can be conducted which depends on the chosen estimation
approach for the variance of the random effect. For this estimation, six different
approaches are provided (see also method
). Three different transformation
types for the dependent variable can be chosen.
1 2 3 4 |
fixed |
a two-sided linear formula object describing the fixed-effects part of the nested error linear regression model with the dependent variable on the left of a ~ operator and the explanatory variables on the right, separated by + operators. |
vardir |
a character string indicating the name of the variable containing
the domain-specific sampling variances of the direct estimators that are
included in |
combined_data |
a data set containing the direct estimates, the sampling variances, the explanatory variables and the domains. |
domains |
a character string indicating the domain variable that is
included in |
method |
a character string describing the method for the estimation of
the variance of the random effects. Methods that can be chosen
(i) restricted maximum likelihood (REML) method (" |
interval |
interval for the estimation of sigmau2. |
transformation |
a character that determines the type of transformation
and back-transformation. Methods that can be chosen
(i) no transformation (" |
backtransformation |
a character that determines the type of bracktransformation |
eff_smpsize |
Effective sample size. |
MSE |
if |
mse_type |
a character string determining the estimation method of the MSE.
Methods that can be chosen
(i) analytical MSE depending on the estimation method of the variance of the
random effect (" |
B |
numeric value that determines the number of bootstrap iterations. |
alpha |
a numeric value that determines the confidence level for the confidence intervals. |
fitted FH model.
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