Robust Hierarchical Bayes Estimation of
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G.S. Datta; P. Lahiri
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Article
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1995
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Elsevier Science
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English
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A robust hierarchical Bayes method is developed to smooth small area means when a number of covariates are available. The method is particularly suited when one or more outliers are present in the data. It is well known that the regular Bayes estimators of small area means, under normal prior distri