diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION index a7c0f98..e39fd56 100644 --- a/DESCRIPTION +++ b/DESCRIPTION @@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ Authors@R: c(person("Josh", "Yamamoto", role = c("aut", "cre"), person("Kelly", "McConville", role = "aut"), person("Kate", "Hu", role = "aut")) Maintainer: Josh Yamamoto -Description: Simplifies the process of fitting a zero-inflated estimator - onto a dataset. This estimator is a combination of a linear mixed effects regression model - and a logistic mixed effects regression model which is summarized by White and others (2024, ). - The variance is estimated through a parametric bootstrapping method which is given - by Chandra and others (2012, ). +Description: Provides functionality to fit a zero-inflated estimator for small area estimation. + This estimator is a combines a linear mixed effects regression model and a logistic + mixed effects regression model via a two-stage modeling approach. The estimator's mean + squared error is estimated via a parametric bootstrap method. Chandra and others + (2012, ) introduce and describe this estimator and mean + squared error estimator. White and others (2024+, ) describe the + applicatability of this estimator to estimation of forest attributes and further assess the + estimator's properties. License: MIT + file LICENSE Encoding: UTF-8 LazyData: true