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Chambers and Dunstan proposed a model-based predictor of the population distribution function that makes use of auxiliary population information under a general sampling design. Subsequently, Rao, Kovar, and Mantel proposed design-based ratio and difference predictors of the population distribution function that also use this auxiliary information. Both predictors (CD and RKM) assume a single level model for the target population. In this article we develop predictors of the finite population di...

Multi-level machine learning models for estimating the risk of delay between cancer diagnosis and treatment initiation in a large group of cancer patients.

Multilevel models are often used to account for the hierarchical structure of social data and the inherent dependencies to produce estimates of regression coefficients, variance components associated with each level, and accurate standard errors. Social network analysis is another important approach to analysing complex data that incoproate the social relationships between a number of individuals. Extended linear regression models, such as network autoregressive models, have been proposed that i...