Mixed-Effects Models and Small Area Estimation

Shonosuke Sugasawa is an Associate Professor in the Center for Spatial Information Science at the University of Tokyo. His research interests include Bayesian modeling, spatial statistics and mixed-effects modeling. Tatsuya Kubokawa is a Professor in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tokyo. His research interests include statistical decision theory, multivariate analysis and mixed-effects modeling.

• Introduction.- General Mixed-Effects Models and BLUP.- Measuring Uncertainty of Predictors.- Basic mixed-effects Models for Small Area Estimation.- Hypothesis Tests and Variable Selection.- Advanced Theory of Basic Small Area Models.- Small Area Models for Non-normal Response Variables.- Extensions of Basic Small Area Models.