Sandwich estimation for multi-unit reporting on a stratified heterogeneous surface

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

WANG, J.-F.

LREIS, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Nature Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Chine

HAINING, R.

Dept. of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Royaume-Uni

LIU, T.-J.

LREIS, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Nature Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Chine

LI, L.-F.

LREIS, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Nature Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Chine

JIANG, C.-S.

LREIS, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Nature Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Chine

Description :
This study proposes a computationally simple approach to multi-unit reporting by using analysis of variance and incorporating ‘twice-stratified’ statistics, called sandwich estimation. Through the examples of case study I (a study of land use in Shandong province where the attribute is spatially continuous) and case study II (a village-based study of per capita income levels in Hing’an, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region), it shows that this method performs well against two other frequently used, probabilistic, model-based approaches to multi-unit reporting on stratified heterogeneous surfaces whilst having the advantage of computational simplicity.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Environment and planning A, issn : 0308-518X, 2013, vol. 45, n°. 10, p. 2515-2534, nombre de pages : 20, Références bibliographiques : 2 p.

Date :
2013

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Pion

Langue :
Anglais