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A Re-Analysis of Repeatability and Reproducibility in the Ames-USDOE-FBI Study by Dorfman, Alan H., Valliant, Richard

“…Forensic firearms identification, the determination by a trained firearms examiner as to whether or not bullets or cartridges came from a common weapon, has…”
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Inconclusives, errors, and error rates in forensic firearms analysis:Three statistical perspectives by Dorfman, Alan H., Valliant, Richard

“…Error rates that have been published in recent open black box studies of forensic firearms examiner performance have been very low, typically below one…”
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Commentary on: Monson KL , Smith ED , Peters EM . Repeatability and reproducibility of comparison decisions by firearms examiners. J Forensic Sci. 2023;68(5):1721–40. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556‐4029.15318 by Dorfman, Alan H., Valliant, Richard

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Towards a Routine External Evaluation Protocol for Small Area Estimation by Dorfman, Alan H.

“…Statistical criteria are needed by which to evaluate the potential success or failure of applications of small area estimation. A necessary step to achieve…”
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A new variance estimator for a two-phase restratified sample with PPS sampling at both phases by Wang, Suojin, Dorfman, Alan H., Ernst, Lawrence R.

“…In this paper we consider variance estimation for population totals and ratios in complex, cross-stratified surveys in which the ultimate sampling weights are…”
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From start to finish: a framework for the production of small area official statistics by Tzavidis, Nikos, Zhang, Li-Chun, Luna, Angela, Schmid, Timo, Rojas-Perilla, Natalia, Gordon, lan R., Williamson, Paul, King, Thomas, Ranalli, Maria Giovanna, Smith, Paul A., Matz, David, Baffour, Bernard, Thall, Peter F., Pfeffermann, Danny, Sperlich, Stefan, Fabrizi, Enrico, Kumar, Kuldeep, Dorfman, Alan H., Falorsi, Stefano, Bell, William R., Fuglstad, Geir-Arne, Riebler, Andrea, Wakefield, Jon, Paige, Johnny, Wilson, Katie, Dong, Tracy, Kim, Seongho, Wong, Weng Kee, Münnich, Ralf, Szymkowiak, Marcin, Li, Zehang Richard, Hsiao, Yuan, Martin, Bryan D., Godwin, Jessica, Clark, Sam J., Zimmermann, Thomas

“…Small area estimation is a research area in official and survey statistics of great practical relevance for national statistical institutes and related…”
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The Sato–Vartia index and the monotonicity axiom by Reinsdorf, Marshall B., Dorfman, Alan H.

“…The Sato–Vartia index is believed to be on a par with the Fisher ideal index in terms of its ability to satisfy index number axioms or tests. Yet we show that…”
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Limited information likelihood analysis of survey data by Chambers, Raymond L., Dorfman, Alan H., Wang, Suojin

“…Analysts of survey data are often interested in modelling the population process, or superpopulation, that gave rise to a `target' set of survey variables. An…”
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A Note on Variance Estimation for the Regression Estimator in Double Sampling by Dorfman, Alan H.

“…Double sampling of a finite population occurs when a sample from the population is itself sampled, with the intent of measuring varites in the subsample not…”
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Estimators of the Finite Population Distribution Function using Nonparametric Regression by Dorfman, Alan H., Hall, Peter

“…This paper considers estimators of the distribution function of a variable over a finite population, when a sample of units is available and values of a…”
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Regression Estimates in Federal Welfare Quality Control Programs: Comment by Dorfman, Alan H.

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A Re-analysis of Repeatability and Reproducibility in the Ames-USDOE-FBI Study by Dorfman, Alan H, Valliant, Richard

“…Forensic firearms identification, the determination by a trained firearms examiner as to whether or not bullets or cartridges came from a common weapon, has…”
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A transaction price index for air travel by Lent, Janice, Dorfman, Alan H.

“…Research on a price index estimator based on data from a U.S. Department of Transportation survey involves testing unique imputation and across-time matching…”
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Sound Confidence Intervals in the Heteroscedastic Linear Model Through Releveraging by Dorfman, Alan H.

“…Under heteroscedasticity, ordinary least squares regression can fail to yield adequate inference on parameter coefficients with respect to hypothesis testing…”
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Comment by Dorfman, Alan H.

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Comment by Dorfman, Alan H.

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A new estimator for the finite population distribution function by WANG, SUOJIN, DORFMAN, ALAN H.

“…SUMMARY In this paper we propose a new estimator for the finite population distribution function when there is auxiliary information available about the…”
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"Comment" on Hansen, Morris H., and Tepping, Benjamin J.: IE by Dorfman, Alan H

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A transaction price index for air travel: research on a price index estimator based on data from a U.S. Department of Transportation survey involves testing unique imputation and across-time matching procedures; the resulting experimental index is compared with the official CPI series and the consumer expenditure deflator series used in National Accounts computations by Lent, Janice, Dorfman, Alan H

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Bias Robust Estimation in Finite Populations Using Nonparametric Calibration by Chambers, Raymond L., Dorfman, Alan H., Wehrly, Thomas E.

“…A Standard problem in sample survey inference is that of predicting the finite population total H of a function h(y) of a random variable Y. The model-based…”
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