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Chaitra H Nagaraja

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On The Interpretation Of Multi-Year Estimates Of The American Community Survey As Period Estimates, Chaitra Nagaraja, Tucker Mcelroy Dec 2014

On The Interpretation Of Multi-Year Estimates Of The American Community Survey As Period Estimates, Chaitra Nagaraja, Tucker Mcelroy

Chaitra H Nagaraja

The rolling sample methodology of the American Community Survey introduces temporal distortions, resulting in Multi-Year Estimates that measure aggregate activity over three or five years. This paper introduces a novel, nonparametric method for quantifying the impact of viewing multi-year estimates as functions of single-year estimates belonging to the same time span. The method is based on examining the changes to confidence interval coverage. As an application of primary interest, the interpretation of a multi-year estimate as the simple average of single-year estimates is a viewpoint that underpins the published estimates of sampling variability. Therefore it is vital to ascertain the …


Repeat Sales House Price Index Methodology, Chaitra Nagaraja, Lawrence Brown, Susan Wachter Dec 2013

Repeat Sales House Price Index Methodology, Chaitra Nagaraja, Lawrence Brown, Susan Wachter

Chaitra H Nagaraja

No abstract provided.


Constructing And Evaluating An Autoregressive House Price Index, Chaitra Nagaraja, Lawrence Brown Dec 2012

Constructing And Evaluating An Autoregressive House Price Index, Chaitra Nagaraja, Lawrence Brown

Chaitra H Nagaraja

No abstract provided.


An Autoregressive Approach To House Price Modeling, Chaitra Nagaraja, Lawrence Brown, Linda Zhao Dec 2010

An Autoregressive Approach To House Price Modeling, Chaitra Nagaraja, Lawrence Brown, Linda Zhao

Chaitra H Nagaraja

No abstract provided.