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spellingShingle Torabi, Mahmoud, Rao, Jon N. K., Canadian Journal of Statistics, Mean squared error estimators of small area means using survey weights, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Statistics and Probability
title Mean squared error estimators of small area means using survey weights
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title_fullStr Mean squared error estimators of small area means using survey weights
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title_short Mean squared error estimators of small area means using survey weights
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title_unstemmed Mean squared error estimators of small area means using survey weights
topic Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Statistics and Probability
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cjs.10078