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Statistics In Transition

Article | 06-July-2017

VARIATIONAL APPROXIMATIONS FOR SELECTING HIERARCHICAL MODELS OF CIRCULAR DATA IN A SMALL AREA ESTIMATION APPLICATION

We consider hierarchical regression models for circular data using the projected normal distribution, applied in the development of weights for the Access Point Angler Intercept Survey, a recreational angling survey conducted by the US National Marine Fisheries Service. Weighted estimates of recreational fish catch are used in stock assessments and fisheries regulation. The construction of the survey weights requires the distribution of daily departure times of anglers from fishing sites

Daniel Hernandez-Stumpfhauser, F. Jay Breidt, Jean D. Opsomer

Statistics in Transition New Series, Volume 17 , ISSUE 1, 91–104