Constructing the Survey Weights

Sampling of Populations: Methods and Applications: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 489-516

  Biemer, Paul P ^a   Christ, Sharon L ^a  

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Author keywords

Base weights; Frame bias; Nonresponse bias; Sampling variance; Survey weights

Indexed keywords

BASE WEIGHTS; FRAME BIAS; NONRESPONSE BIAS; SAMPLING VARIANCES;

SURVEYS;

EID: 79952666774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470374597.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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