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With apologies for any cross posting, please see details of meeting on Weds 9th May Best David Matz On behalf of Royal Statistical Society, Official Statistics Section https://www.statslife.org.uk/events/events-calendar/eventdetail/1133/-/rss-discussion-meeting-from-start-to-finish-a-framework-for-the-production-of-small-area-official-statistics RSS Discussion Meeting - From start to finish: a framework for the production of small area official statistics RSS discussion paper meetings<https://www.statslife.org.uk/events/events-calendar/eventsbycategory/63> Wednesday 09 May 2018, 05:00pm - 07:00pm Location Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX Speakers: Nikos Tzavidis, Li-Chun Zhang and Angela Luna (University of Southampton) and Timo Schmid and Natalia Rojas-Perilla(Free University, Berlin) Small area estimation is a research area in official and survey statistics of great practical relevance for national statistical institutes and related organizations. Despite rapid developments in methodology and software, researchers and users would benefit from having practical guidelines for the process of small area estimation. We propose a general framework for the production of small area statistics that is governed by the principle of parsimony and is based on three broadly defined stages, namely specification, analysis and adaptation, and evaluation. Emphasis is given to the interaction between a user of small area statistics and the statistician in specifying the target geography and parameters in the light of the available data. Model-free and model-dependent methods are described with a focus on model selection and testing, model diagnostics and adaptations such as use of data transformations. Uncertainty measures and the use of model and design-based simulations for method evaluation are also at the centre of the paper. We illustrate the application of the proposed framework by using real data for the estimation of non-linear deprivation indicators. Linear statistics, e.g. averages, are included as special cases of the general framework A preprint of the paper can be downloaded at http://www.rss.org.uk/RSS/Publications/Journals/Discussion_Papers/RSS/Publications/Journals_sub/discussion_papers.aspx?hkey=edfa4f9b-d001-49aa-bab9-e903b204e5d7#Nikos . Discussion meetings are open to all and free to attend but it would helpful if you could register your attendance https://events.rss.org.uk/rss/frontend/reg/thome.csp?pageID=63749&eventID=208&CSPCHD=00d001000000HMtVA35n3ByUG2UuYQXBrWyRkwGy4_u6noyIA4 Refreshments from 4.30pm Organiser Name Judith Shorten Email Address [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Organising Group(s) RSS Discussions Meeting Committee and RSS Official Statistics Section ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are private and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please return it to the address it came from telling them it is not for you and then delete it from your system. This email message has been swept for computer viruses. ********************************************************************** You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.