For the common binary response model we propose a direct method for the nonparametric estimation of the effective dose level ED? (0 ? 1). The estimator is obtained by the composition of a nonparametric estimate of the quantile response curve and a classical density estimate. The new method...

Survey calibration methods modify minimally unit-level sample weights to fit domain-level benchmark constraints (BC). This allows exploitation of auxiliary information, e.g. census totals, to improve the representativeness of sample data (addressing coverage limitations, non-response) and the...

Within this article, a generalized calibration approach is presented, which provides coherent and efficient estimates considering a high number of constraints on different hierarchical levels. These constraints may be obtained from different sources such as survey data, register data,...