Series: B

Year: 1999, Volume: 61, No: 1

Contents

TitleAuthor(s)Page
Preface
Some current trends in sample survey theory and methods J.N.K. Rao 1
Discussants
Rejoinder
Estimation for supplemented panels Wayne A Fuller and F. Jay Breidt 58
Adjusted bayes estimators with applications to small area estimation Malay Ghosh and Tapabrata Maiti 71
An analysis of survey data on smoking using propensity scores Michael D. Larsen 91
Confidence bounds for survey-weighted quantile plots and offset-function plots S.R. Lee and J.L. Eltinge 106
A noninformative bayesian approach for two-stage cluster sampling Glen Meeden 133
Bayesian analysis of mortality rates for U.S. health service areas B. Nandram, J. Sedransk and L. Pickle 145
Parametric and semi-parametric estimation of regression models fitted to survey data Danny Pfeffermann and Michail Sverchkov 166
Approximate balanced half sample and related replication methods for imputed survey data Jun Shao and Yinzhong Chen 187
Nonparametric regression for analysis of complex surveys and geographic visualization Gerald Whittaker and David W. Scott 202
Corrigendum 377
Book Review 525
Editorial Collaboration 526
Editorial Note 380

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