A primer for using and understanding weights with national datasets

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-248

  Hahs Vaughn, Debbie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

AM; Design effects; Design effects adjusted weights; Normalized weights; Raw weights; SPSS; Unadjusted weights

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444457239     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JEXE.73.3.221-248     Document Type: Article

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