Robust Small Area Estimation: Methods, Applications, and Open Problems is primarily aimed at researchers and graduate students of statistics and data science and would also be suitable for geography and survey methodology researchers. The practical approach should help persuade practitioners, such as those in government agencies, to more readily adopt robust SAE methods. It could be used to teach a graduate-level course to students with a background in mathematical statistics.

Sixteen years in the making, the UC Davis Department of Statistics family tree traces the academic lineages of current faculty in the department. Pete Scully shares the inspiration behind the graphic's design.