Call for Papers
Interpolation and Uncertainty in Small-Area Estimates

Special Paper Session for AAG Annual Meeting: April 12-16, 2011, Seattle
Session Organizers:  Barbara P. Buttenfield and Nicholas Nagle
University of Colorado-Boulder  and University of Tennessee-Knoxville
 
Small area statistics and spatially explicit data are in increasing demand.  A
commonly encountered problem in generating small area estimates occurs when
interpolating between incongruous enumeration areas, for example partitioning
census tract-level summaries into watersheds. This is an instance of the spatial
interpolation problem, and occurs when estimating human or wildlife
populations. Often it can be addressed for census demography only by inference
using ancillary spatial data, or by dasymetric modeling.  It is difficult in
these cases to validate the reliability of the interpolated outcomes. This
session solicits papers reporting strategies and results in small-area
interpolation of populations with uncertainty.  Papers reporting on uncertainty
analysis, selection of ancillary variables for areal interpolation, dasymetric
modeling and alternative modeling approaches are welcome.
 
To present a paper in the session:
1. Register and submit your abstract online (
http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/).
2. Email your presenter identification number (PIN), paper title, and abstract
to babs@colorado.edu by October 18, 2010