A Course on Small Area Estimation and Mixed Models

1 Small Area Estimation.- 2 Design-based Direct Estimation.- 3 Design-based Indirect Estimation.- 4 Prediction Theory.- 5 Linear Models.- 6 Linear Mixed Models.- 7 Nested Error Regression Models.- 8 EBLUPs under Nested Error Regression Models.- 9 Mean Squared Error of EBLUPs.- 10 EBPs under Nested Error Regression Models.- 11 EBLUPs under Two-fold Nested Error Regression Models.- 12 EBPs under Two-fold Nested Error Regression Models.- 13 Random Regression Coefficient Models.- 14 EBPs under Unit-level Logit Mixed Models.- 15 EBPs under Unit-level Two-fold Logit Mixed Models.- 16 Fay-Herriot Models.- 17 Area-level Temporal Linear Mixed Models.- 18 Area-level Spatio-temporal Linear Mixed Models.- 19 Area-level Bivariate Linear Mixed Models.- 20 Area-level Poisson Mixed Models.- 21 Area-level Temporal Poisson Mixed Models.- A Some Useful Formulas.- Index.