Data Integration and Small Domain Estimation in Poland – Experiences and Problems

The aim of the study could be identified twofold. On the one hand, it was a presentation of Polish experiences as concerns the most important methodological issues of contemporary statistics. These are the problems of data integration (DI) and statistical estimation for small domains (SDE).On the other hand, attempts to determine relationship between these two groups of methods were undertaken. Given convergence of the objectives of both SDE and DI, that is: striving to increase efficiency of the use of existing sources of information, simulation study was conducted. It was aimed at verifying the hypothesis of synergies referring to combined application of both groups of methods: SDE and DI.