1st Edition
Survey Weights A Step-by-step Guide to Calculation
184 Pages
by
Stata Press
Survey Weights: A Step-by-Step Guide to Calculation is the first guide geared toward Stata users that systematically covers the major steps taken in creating survey weights. These weights are used to project a sample to some larger population and can be computed for either probability or nonprobability samples. Sample designs can range from simple, single-stage samples to more complex,... Read more
Overview of weighting. Initial steps in weighting probability samples. Adjustments for nonresponse. Calibration and other uses of auxiliary data in weighting. Use of weights in variance estimation. Nonprobability samples. Weighting for some special cases. Quality of survey weights.
Biography
Richard Valliant, PhD, is a research professor emeritus at the Institute for Social Research of the University of Michigan and at the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the
University of Maryland.
Jill A. Dever, PhD, is a senior research statistician/director at RTI International in
Washington, D.C. and assistant research professor at the Joint Program in Survey
Methodology at the University of Maryland.
