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Analysis Combining Survey And Geographically Aggregated Data, David Steel, Mark Tranmer, D Holt Jun 2013

Analysis Combining Survey And Geographically Aggregated Data, David Steel, Mark Tranmer, D Holt

Professor David Steel

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction and Overview Aggregate and Survey Data Availability Bias and Variance of Variance Component Estimators Based on Aggregate and Survey Data Simulation Studies Using Auxiliary Variables to Reduce Aggregation Effects Conclusions Acknowledgements


The Information In Aggregate Data, David Steel, Eric Beh, Raymond Chambers Jun 2013

The Information In Aggregate Data, David Steel, Eric Beh, Raymond Chambers

Professor David Steel

Ecological inference attempts to draw conclusions concerning individual-level relationships using data in the form of aggregates for groups in the population. The groups are often geographically defined. A fundamental statistical issue is how much information aggregate data contain concerning the relationships and parameters that we are trying to estimate. The information affects the standard errors of estimates as well as the power of any tests of hypothesis. It also affects the ability to tell, from the aggregate data, which different models under consideration are supported by the data. In this chapter likelihood-based methods are considered. We show in general how …


In Search Of A Good Rotation Pattern, David Steel, Craig Mclaren Jun 2013

In Search Of A Good Rotation Pattern, David Steel, Craig Mclaren

Professor David Steel

A key element in the design of a repeated sample survey is the rotation pattern, which affects the variability of the time series of survey estimates and the seasonally adjusted and trend estimates produced from them. This paper considers the choice of rotation pattern for seasonally adjusted and trend estimates obtained from a repeated survey, using XII based methods.


Australian Interventions And Occupations: Post-Cold War State-Building In The Global Empire, Charles Hawksley Apr 2013

Australian Interventions And Occupations: Post-Cold War State-Building In The Global Empire, Charles Hawksley

Charles M Hawksley

No abstract provided.


Drug Trafficking In The Pacific, Charles Hawksley Apr 2013

Drug Trafficking In The Pacific, Charles Hawksley

Charles M Hawksley

This case study examines the organized trafficking of drugs into the Pacific region. The Pacific is small in population but massive in area. Relative to the size of states, there are significanl movement of drugs in the region. The flow is generally from the developing to the developed world for heroin and cOCc1ine, but the ecstasy and amphetamine market is more mixed, with manufacture in Europe, South East Asia and Pacific Island states. Wilh over 5,000 vessels sailing through the region everyday, ssearching each shipping container is impossible. In Australia, for example, five ports offload containers, with Melbourne alone handling …


Dating In Landscape, Archaeology, Richard Roberts, Zenobia Jacobs Mar 2013

Dating In Landscape, Archaeology, Richard Roberts, Zenobia Jacobs

Richard G Roberts

A common need in archaeology is for objects and events of interest to be dated, so that they can be arranged in the correct temporal sequence. Here we briefly review several methods available to the archaeologist to assist in age determination of the "target" object or event-comprehensive treatments of the subject are given by Aitken 0990, 1999), Wagner (998), and Walker (2005).


Beneath The Peat: A Refined Pollen Record From An Interstadial At Caledonia Fen, Highland Eastern Victoria, Australia, P. Kershaw, M. Mckenzie, J. Brown, Richard Roberts, S. Van Der Kaars Mar 2013

Beneath The Peat: A Refined Pollen Record From An Interstadial At Caledonia Fen, Highland Eastern Victoria, Australia, P. Kershaw, M. Mckenzie, J. Brown, Richard Roberts, S. Van Der Kaars

Richard G Roberts

No abstract provided.


Luminescence Dating Of Kimberley Rock Art, Richard Roberts Mar 2013

Luminescence Dating Of Kimberley Rock Art, Richard Roberts

Richard G Roberts

No abstract provided.


Thermoluminescence Dating, Richard Roberts Mar 2013

Thermoluminescence Dating, Richard Roberts

Richard G Roberts

No abstract provided.


Luminescence Dating, S Troja, Richard Roberts Mar 2013

Luminescence Dating, S Troja, Richard Roberts

Richard G Roberts

No abstract provided.


The Celtic Chronologist: Rhys Jones And The Dating Of The Human Colonisation Of Australia, Richard Roberts Mar 2013

The Celtic Chronologist: Rhys Jones And The Dating Of The Human Colonisation Of Australia, Richard Roberts

Richard G Roberts

No abstract provided.


A City In Transition: Immigration, Integration And Diversity In London, Neil Bradford, Victoria Esses Dec 2012

A City In Transition: Immigration, Integration And Diversity In London, Neil Bradford, Victoria Esses

Neil Bradford

No abstract provided.