As in previous semesters, researchers of the chair will present their work in the PuR research seminar on a weekly basis. On May, 2, Lucian Stanca will talk about a new estimation technique to determine and forecast the income of farmers reported in the Bavarian Agricultural Report.

The PuR research seminar takes place each Wednesday, 11-12 am in the seminar room of the chair. Students are welcome.

Date and place: 2/5/2018, 11-12 am, seminar room PuR

Presenter: Lucian Stanca

Title: An implementation of the calibration approach for estimators at regional level

Abstract: Nonsampling errors such as nonresponse represent an important source of bias in the production of official statistics, as it is the case of the Bavarian Agricultural Report. This inconvenience can be reduced substantially in presence of reliable auxiliary variables that can serve to adjust the estimation weights. The calibration approach represents an important adjustment instrument within a larger class of weighting methods that employ auxiliary variables. The present article analyses the robustness of the calibration approach in close comparison with poststratification.