CURRICULUM VITAE

Gad Nathan

1. PERSONAL

·         Date and place of birth: January 19, 1935, Jerusalem, Israel

·         Citizenship: Israeli/Belgian

·         Home address: 5B Elroy St., 92108 Jerusalem, Israel; Tel: 972-2-566-2870 / 052-444-7807

·         Office address: Department of Statistics, Hebrew University, Mt. Scopus, 91905 Jerusalem, Israel; Tel: 972-2-588-3304; Fax: 972-2-588-3549

·         E-mail: gad@huji.ac.il

 

2. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

·         M. Sc. (with distinction), Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1960; Mathematics, Statistics and Physics.

·         Ph.D. (with distinction), Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, OH, 1964; Operations Research.

·         United Nations Training Fellowship, U. S. Bureau of Census and Dominion Bureau of Statistics, 1964; Planning and evaluation of statistical surveys.

 

3. PRESENT POSITION

·         Professor Emeritus, Department of Statistics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (since 2002).

4. PREVIOUS ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

·         Teaching Assistant (Part-time), Department of Statistics, Hebrew University, 1958-1960.

·         External Lecturer (Part-time), Department of Statistics, Hebrew University, 1960-1961, 1964-1967.

·         Research Assistant, Operations Research Group, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, OH, 1962-1963.

·         Senior Teacher (Part-time), Department of Statistics, Tel-Aviv University, 1966-1969.

·         Teaching Associate--Lecturer (Part-time), Department of Statistics, Hebrew University, 1967-1971.

·         Visiting Associate Professor (Part-time), Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1971-1972.

·         Teaching Associate--Senior Lecturer (Part-time), Department of Statistics, Hebrew University, 1972-1973.

·         Senior Lecturer, Department of Statistics, Hebrew University, 1973-1977.

·         Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Hebrew University, 1977-1983.

·         Professor, Department of Statistics, Hebrew University, 1983-2002

 

5. VISITING AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS

·         Planner, Planning Division, Central Bureau of Statistics, Jerusalem, 1958-1960.

·         Deputy Director, Planning Division, Central Bureau of Statistics Jerusalem, 1960-1961.

·         Planning Consultant, Jewish National Population Study, Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, New York, 1963-1964.

·         Director, Statistical Methods Division, Central Bureau of Statistics, Jerusalem, 1964-1969.

·         Sampling Consultant (Part-time), Plan Organization of Iran and Tahal (Water Planning) Ltd., 1966.

·         Sampling Consultant (Part-time), National Center for Health Statistics, Research project on simultaneous inference (NCHS- IS-l), 1968-1971.

·         Visiting Associate Professor (Part-time), Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1971-1972.

·         Senior Statistician (Part-time), Research Triangle Institute, North Carolina, 1971-1972

·         Member of Directorate, in charge of research and development (Part-time), Central Bureau of Statistics, Jerusalem, 1972-1986.

·         Visiting Fellow, Survey Research Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, 1977.

·         Senior Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics, University of Southampton, 1978.

·         Consultant, Statistics Canada, 1981.

·         Visiting Researcher, INSEE and INED, Paris, 1983-1984.

·         Visiting Professor, ESSEC, Cergy, France, 1984, 1993.

·         Visiting Professor, Stanford University, Summer 1986.

·         Visiting Professor, ENSAE, Paris, 1993.

·         Senior Service Fellow, National Center for Health Statistics, 1987-1988.

·         Consultant, Westat Inc., Rockville MD,1991-1994, 2003-2004

·         Chief Scientist, Central Bureau of Statistics (Part-time), 1995-2001

·         Consultant, Office for National Statistics, London, England, 1998

·         Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics, London, 1998.

·         Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Education, London, 2001-2005

·         Associate Member, Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, 2003-

6. SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

·         Hebrew University Scholarships, 1958-1960.

·         Hebrew Technical Institute Scholarship, 1962-1964.

·         United Nations Training Fellowship, 1964.

·         Fulbright Travel Award, 1971.

·         Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute, 1977.

·         Elected Fellow of the American Statistical Association, 1978.

·         Waksberg Invited Paper Award, 2001

7. TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate and graduate courses and seminars in basic statistics, sampling, response errors, statistical inference, linear models, multivariate analysis, statistical consulting and decision-making under uncertainty at:

·         Department of Statistics, Hebrew University, 1958-2002.

·         Department of Statistics, Tel-Aviv University, 1966-1969.

·         Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1971-1972.

·         Survey Research Institute (Summer Program), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1972.

·         Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales, Cergy, France, 1984, 1993.

·         Department of Statistics, Stanford University, Summer 1986.

·         Statistics Sweden, Summer 1990.

·         Basque Statistical Institute, VIII International Statistical Seminar, 1990.

·         Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique, Paris, 1993.

·         Department of Statistics, University of Padova, Summer 1993.

·         Department of Statistics, University of Florence, Summer 1993.

 

8. RESEARCH AND CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Main research interests:

Sampling methodology and non-sampling errors, inference from complex samples, linkage and use of administrative files for statistical purposes, extensions of response error models, surveys with multiplicity, cognitive aspects of survey methodology, misclassification models, computer assisted interviewing and telesurveys, design and analysis of longitudinal surveys.

Participation in institutionalized research and consulting:

·         Operations Research Projects, Operations Research Group, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, OH, 1962-1963.

·         National Jewish Population Studies in U.S., France and Argentina, Institute for Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1964-1988.

·         Statistical Data for Agricultural Planning, Plan Organization of Iran and Tahal (Water Planning) Ltd., 1966.

·         Research Project on Simultaneous Inference, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS-IS-1). 1968-1971.

·         Research in Response Errors, U.S. Bureau of Census and Research Triangle Institute (21U-730), 1972-1973.

·         Inference from Complex Samples, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, 1972.

·         Statistical Consulting Service, Department of Statistics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1972-

·         Research Agreement on Surveys with Multiplicity, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (06-653-R). 1972-1977.

·         Utilization of Administrative Records for Statistical Data, Data for Development, Marseilles, France, 1973-76.

·         Design of Health Surveys, WHO Consultantship, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, 1976.

·         Analysis of Complex Survey Data, Social Science Research Council Project, University of Southampton, 1978.

·         Analysis of Sample Survey Data, Statistics Canada, 1981.

·         Response Error Effects of Survey Design, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, 1985-1987.

·         Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methodology, U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, (NSF Grant No. SES-8403415), 1987-1990.

·         Response Error Models for Cause of Death Classification, Israel Science Foundation (Grant No. 246/94), 1994-1996.

·         Analysis of Longitudinal Survey data under Complex Sampling (Hebrew University Grant No. 31274), 2001

 

9. PROFESSIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES

·         International Association of Survey Statisticians : Member, Programme Committee, 1973-1975, 1981-1983, 1986-1989, 1999-2001; Council Member, 1977-1980, 1989-91, 1999-2001.

·         Chair, Department of Statistics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1974-1977, 1988-1991.

·         Chair, National Public Council for Statistics, 1990-1994.

·         President, Israel Statistical Association, 1991-1993.

·         Vice-President, International Statistical Institute, 1981-1983.

·         Chair, Mt. Scopus Campus Computer Committee, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1985-1986.

·         Chair, Appointments Sub-Committee, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1986-1987.

·         Vice-President, International Association of Survey Statisticians, 1999-2001.

·         Director, Applied Statistics Laboratory, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 2001.

·         Chair, Advisory Committee, Israel Social Sciences Data Centre, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 2005- 2008.

 

10. PUBLICATIONS

·         Nathan, G. (1966). Methodological problems in Jewish population studies in the U.S.A. The Jewish Journal of Sociology, 1, 4-10.

·         Nathan, G. and Baron, R. (1966). Sampling in the work of the Central Bureau of Statistics (in Hebrew). In: Official Statistics in Israel (2nd edition), Jerusalem: Central Bureau of Statistics, pp. 118-30.

·         Nathan, G. (1967). Outcome probabilities for a record matching process with complete invariant information. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 62, 454- 469.

·         Nathan, G. and Baron, R. (1967). The Israel Population Register as a framework for sample surveys. Proceedings of the Symposium on Automation of Population Registers, Jerusalem, Vol. 1, pp.341- 348.

·         Bachi, R., Baron, R. and Nathan, G. (1967). Methods of record linkage and applications in Israel. Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 41, 766- 786.

·         Nathan, G. (1969). Tests of independence in contingency tables from stratified samples. In: New Developments in Survey Sampling, (N.L. Johnson and H. Smith - Editors.), Wiley, N.Y., pp.578- 600.

·         Nathan, G. (1971). A simulation comparison of tests for independence in stratified cluster sampling. Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 44(2), 289- 295.

·         Nathan, G. (1972). On the asymptotic power of tests of independence in contingency tables from stratified samples. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 67, 917- 920.

·         Nathan, G. (1972). An extension of the response error model for application to complex estimators based on different samples. Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section, American Statistical Association, 386- 389.

·         Nathan, G. (1973). Methodological aspects of Jewish demographic surveys. In: Papers in Jewish Demography 1969, Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, pp. 23- 30.

·         Nathan, G. (1973). Approximate tests of independence in contingency tables from complex stratified cluster samples. National Center for Health Statistics, Ser. 2, No. 53, Washington. D. C.

·         Nathan, G. (1973). Response errors of estimators based on different samples. Sankhya A, 35, 205- 220.

·         Nathan, G. (1973). Utilization of information on sampling and non- sampling errors for survey design. Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 45 (3), 393- 406.

·         Sicron, M. and Nathan, G. (1973). The 1972 Census of Population and Housing in Israel as a data base for policy makers. Proceedings XX International Meeting, The Institute of Management Sciences, 369- 373.

·         Nathan, G. (1975). Tests of independence in contingency tables from stratified proportional samples. Sankhya C, 37(1), 77- 87.

·         Nathan, G. (1976). An empirical study of response and sampling errors for multiplicity estimates with different counting rules. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 71, 808- 815.

·         Nathan, G. (1976). The evaluation of different counting rules and weighting procedures for surveys with multiplicity. Proceedings of the Social Statistics Section, American Statistical Association, 639- 644.

·         Nathan, G. (1977). Methodological aspects of the Israel Population Census of 1972. In: Papers in Jewish Demography 1973, (U.O. Schmelz, P. Glikson and S. Della Pergolla, - Editors), Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, pp. 100- 116.

·         Pfeffermann, D. and Nathan, G. (1977). Regression analysis of data from complex samples. Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 47(3), 21- 42.

·         Schmelz, U. O., Nathan, G. and Kenvin, J. (1977). Multiplicity study of births and deaths in Judea-Samaria and Gaza Strip-North Sinai. Technical Publication Series No. 44, Central Bureau of Statistics, Jerusalem, .

·         Nathan, G., Schmelz, U. O. and Kenvin, J. (1977). Multiplicity study of births and marriages in Israel. National Center for Health Statistics, Ser. 2., No. 70, Washington, D.C.

·         Bager, G., Barthelemy, J., Beresford, J.,....,Nathan, G. et al. (1978). Data and Development. (B. Bielckus, P. Dumas, and J. Kennerly - Editors), Washington, D.C.: National Technical Information Service (PB274 079). [Hungarian translation: Adatrendszerek Fejlesztesenek Modszertana. Statisztika; Kiado Vallalat; Budapest, 1979.]

·         Nathan, G. (1978). The use of an experimental study for reaching decisions on matching rules. In: Developments in the Dual Systems Estimation of Population Size and Growth, (Karol J. Krotki, - Editor), University of Alberta Press, pp. 135- 144.

·         Nathan, G. and Holt, D. (1980). The effect of survey design on regression analysis. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society B, 43, 377- 386.

·         Nathan, G. (1980). Substitution for non- response as a means to control sample size. Sankhya C, 42, 50- 55.

·         Nathan, G. (1981). Regression analysis under differential non- response. Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, American Statistical Association, 618-622.

·         Nathan, G. and Sicron, M. (1981). The use of registers and administrative files for preparing and improving statistical data. Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 49, 1233- 1252.

·         Pfeffermann, D. and Nathan, G. (1981). Regression analysis of data from a cluster sample. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 76, 681-689.

·         Nathan, G. (1982). Notes on inference based on data from complex sample designs. Survey Methodology, 7, 109- 129.

·         Landau, S. F. and Nathan, G. (1983). Selecting delinquents for cautioning in the London metropolitan area. British Journal of Criminology, 23 (2), 128- 149.[German translation: Verwarnung oder Anklage. Selektive Sanktionierung von Jugendlichen Delinquenten durch die Londoner Polizei. In: Entkriminalisierung: Sozialwissenschaftliche Analysen zu neuen Formen der Kriminalpolitik, (M. Brusten, N. Herriger and P. Malinowski - Editors), Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen, 1985, 74-107]

·         Nathan, G. (1983). A simulation comparison of estimators for a regression coefficient under differential non- response. Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, 11, 645- 659.

·         Casady, R.J., Sirken, M.G. and Nathan, G. (1983). Alternative dual system network estimators. Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, American Statistical Association, 97-101.

·         Sebba, L. and Nathan, G. (1984). Further explorations in the scaling of penalties. British Journal of Criminology, 24, 221- 249.

·         Pfeffermann, D. and Nathan, G. (1985). Problems in model identification based on data from complex sample surveys. Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 51, 12.2.1-12.2.17.

·         Casady, R.J., Nathan, G. and Sirken, M.G. (1985). Alternative dual system network estimators. International Statistical Review, 53, 183- 197.

·         Schmelz, U. O. and Nathan, G. - Editors (1986). Studies in the Population of Israel in Honor of Roberto Bachi. Scripta Hierosolymitana, Vol. XXX, Jerusalem: Magnes Press .

·         Nathan, G. (1986). Comment on D.A. Freedman and W.C. Navidi: Regression models for adjusting the 1980 Census. Statistical Science, 1, 34- 35.

·         Nathan, G. and Sirken, M. G. (1986). Response error effects of survey questionnaire design. Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, American Statistical Association, 493- 498.

·         Kantorowitz, M. and Nathan, G. (1987). The estimation of response error micro- effects from repeated surveys for invariant characteristics. Proceedings of the Third Annual Research Conference, Bureau of the Census, 359- 390.

·         Nathan, G. and Sirken, M. G. (1987). Optimal allocation to control questionnaire design variance in sample surveys. Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, American Statistical Association, 252- 255.

·         Nathan, G. (1987). The use of linear models and misclassification models to assess response error effects of mode of collection. Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 52, 213- 230.

·         Nathan, G. (1988). Inference based on data from complex sample designs. In: Handbook of Statistics, Vol. 6 (P. R. Krishnaiah and C. R. Rao - Editors), Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, pp. 247-266.

·         Nathan, G. (1988). Review of ``Randomized Response - Theory and Techniques'' by A. Chaudhuri and R. Mukerjee. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 83, 1223

·         Nathan, G. and Eliav, T. (1988). Comparison of measurement errors for telephone interviewing and home visits by misclassification models. Journal of Official Statistics, 4, 363- 374.

·         Nathan, G. (1988). A bibliography on randomized response: 1965-1987. Survey Methodology, 14, 331- 346.

·         Nathan, G. and Sirken, M. G. (1988). Cognitive aspects of randomized response. Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, American Statistical Association, 173-178.

·         Sirken, M. G. and Nathan, G. (1988). Hybrid network estimators. Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods, American Statistical Association, 459- 461.

·         Nathan, G. and Smith, T. M. F. (1989). The effect of selection on regression analysis. In: Analysis of Data from Complex Surveys (D. Holt, C. J. Skinner and T. M. F. Smith - Editors), Chichester: Wiley, pp. 227- 250.

·         Sirken, M. G., Nathan, G. and Thornberry, O. (1989). Evaluation of questionnaire design effects in a national health survey. Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 53, 557-576.

·         Willis, G. B., Sirken, M. G., Nathan, G. et al. (1990). The cognitive basis of responses to sensitive survey questions. Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York, October 1990.

·         Nathan, G. (1990). Evaluation of Questionnaire Design Effects. Seminario Internacional de Estadistica en Euskadi, Cuardeno 19, Instituto Vasco de Estadistica, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.

·         Nathan, G., Sirken, M. G., Willis G. B. and Esposito J. L. (1990). Laboratory experiments on the cognitive aspects of sensitive questions. International Conference on Measurement Errors in Surveys, Tucson, AZ.

·         Nathan, G. (1991). Graphical display of sample survey data. Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 54, Bk. 2, 484- 485.

·         Sirken, M. G., Willis, G. B. and Nathan, G. (1991). Cognitive aspects of answering sensitive survey questions. Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 54, Bk. 2, 628- 629.

·         Nathan, G. (1992). Les effets du plan d'échantillonage sur l'analyse des données d'enquête. Actes des Journées de Méthodologie Statistique 1992, INSEE Méthodes No. 46-47-48, Paris, 59-73.

·         Nathan, G. (1993). Relationships between misclassification and response error models. XXVe Journees de Statistique, Vannes, 26.1-26.4.

·         Nathan, G. (1993). Misclassification response error models for cause of death coding. Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 55, Bk. 2, 205- 206.

·         Nathan, G. and Kantorowitz, M. (1995). Estimation of response error components by misclassification models. Proceedings of the International Conference on Survey Measurement and Process Quality. American Statistical Association, 35-39.

·         Nathan, G. (1996). The Israeli experience with release of census microdata. Conference on the Research Value of Census Microdata, Manchester, England.

·         Nathan, G. and Aframian, N. (1996). An experiment with CATI in Israel. InterCasic 96 Conference, San Antonio, TX.

·         Nathan, G. and Givol, I., (1996). The ODE (optical data entry) experience in Israel. InterCasic 96 Conference, San Antonio, TX.

·         Noy, E. and Nathan, G. (1997). The application of Blaise III to the Israel Labour Force Survey. Proceedings of the Fourth International Blaise Users Conference, INSEE, Paris, France. 237-245.

·         Nathan, G. (1998). Sample surveys in official statistics. In: Surveys: Some Good, Some Less. ( C. Fuchs and S. Bar-Lev - Editors). Haifa University Press, pp. 171-181 (in Hebrew).

·         Nathan, G. (1999). A review of sample attrition and representativeness in three longitudinal surveys . GSS Methodology Series No. 13. London: Office of National Statistics.

·         Givol, I. and Nathan, G. (1999). The Israeli consumer price index - a case study in integrated automation of statistical activity. Proceedings of the Third ASC International Conference, Edinburg, Scotland, 191-200.

·         Feder, M., Nathan, G. and Pfeffermann, D., (2000). Multilevel modelling of complex survey longitudinal data with time varying random effects. Survey Methodology 26, 53-65.

·         Pfeffermann, D. and Nathan, G. (2001). Imputation for wave nonresponse - existing methods and a time series approach. In: Survey Nonresponse. Chap. 28. (R. Groves, D. Dillman, J. Eltinge, and R. Little - Editors), New-York: Wiley, pp. 417-429.

·         Nathan, G. (2001). Telesurvey methodologies for household surveys - a review and some thoughts for the future. Survey Methodology 27, 7-31.

·         Nathan, G. and Pfeffermann, D. (2001). Imputation pour la non-réponse dans les enquêtes longitudinales - une approche de séries chronologiques. Deuxième Colloque Francophone sur les Sondages., Bruxelles, Belgium, 473-482.

·         Nathan, G. (2001). Methodologies for internet surveys and other telesurveys. Proceedings of ETK 2001 International Seminar on the Exchange of Technology and Know-how and the fourth NTTS seminar, New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics, Crete, June 2001.

·         Nathan, G. (2001). Models for combining longitudinal data from administrative sources and panel surveys. Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 59.

·         Eideh, A. H, Nathan, G., and Chambers, R. (2002). Two-stage informative cluster sampling - estimation and prediction. Contributed Paper for Baltic-Nordic Conference on Survey Sampling: August 17-23, Ammarnas, Sweden.

·         Nathan, G. and Eideh, A.H. (2003). Model-based analysis of Labour Force Survey gross flow data under informative nonresponse. Contributed Paper for the 54th  Biennial Session of the International Statistical Institute, August 13-20, Berlin, Germany.

·         Nathan, G. and Eideh, A. H. (2004). L’analyse des données issues des enquêtes longitudinales sous un plan de sondage informatif. In: Échantillonage et Méthodes d’Enquêtes. (P. Ardilly – Editor) Paris: Dunod., pp 227-240.

·         Nathan, G. (2005). More advanced approaches to the analysis of survey data. In: Household Sample Surveys in Developing and Transition Countries, (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/96/WWW). New York: United Nations Statistics Division, pp. 419-445.

·         Eideh, A. H. and Nathan, G. (2006). Fitting time series models for longitudinal survey data under informative sampling. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 136, 3052-3069.

·         Eideh, A. H. and Nathan, G. (2006). Analysis of survey data under informative sampling. Acta et Commentationes Universitatis Tartuensis de Mathematica, 10, 1-11.

·         Nathan, G. (2007). Cooperation between a statistical bureau and an academic department of statistics as a basis for teaching official statistics. Invited Paper for the 55th  Biennial Session of the International Statistical Institute, August 22-29, Lisbon, Portugal.

·         Nathan, G. and Eideh, A. H. (2008).Le traitement combiné des effets de non-réponse non-ignorable et de sondage informatif dans l’analyse des données issues des enquêtes longitudinales. In: Méthodes de Sondage (P. Guilbert, D. Haziza, A.Ruis-Gazen and Y. Tillé – editors). Paris: Dunod, pp. 37-45.

·         Nathan, G. (2008). Internet Surveys. In: Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods (P. Lavrakas - Editor). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications

·         Eideh, A. H. and Nathan, G. (2009). Joint treatment of nonignorable dropout and informative sampling for longitudinal survey data. In: Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys. (P. Lynn - Editor). New York: Wiley, pp. 251 – 263

·         Nathan, G. (2009). The analysis of longitudinal studies. In: Handbook of Statistics, 29: Sample Surveys: Theory, Methods and Inference (C. R. Rao and D. Pfeffermann - Editors). Amsterdam: Elsevier (in press).

·         Eideh, A. H. and Nathan, G. (2009). Two-stage informative cluster sampling - estimation and prediction with applications for small area models. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 139.

Updated February 2009