Definition: Calibration estimator

Category: Memobust Glossary

Definition 1: Estimator which is a weighted sum of sample observation, whose weights are obtained in order to minimize a distance with the design weights subject to the constraint that the weighted sum of an auxiliary variables reproduce the known amount.

Definition 2: Estimator which takes into account calibration weights which satisfy calibration equations. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/memobust-glossary-pdf-file_en