Methods of sample adjustment. Improving the quality of survey results

Methods of sample adjustment. Improving the quality of survey results

Statistical surveys, however well designed, often find that the resulting sample structure does not always reproduce the population structure accurately.In order to get more accurate estimators for the variables of interest, several methods of sample adjustment can be used. Most common among them ar...

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Main Author: Alina BARBU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Romanian National Institute of Statistics 2010-07-01
Series:Revista Română de Statistică
Subjects:
sample balancing
weighting
post-stratification estimator
regression estimator
ratio estimator
Online Access:http://www.revistadestatistica.ro/Articole/2010/A2en_7_2010.pdf
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spelling doaj-be86eb2a7f474180ba0af5434da03b482020-11-24T22:16:37ZengRomanian National Institute of StatisticsRevista Română de Statistică1018-046X1844-76942010-07-0158071729Methods of sample adjustment. Improving the quality of survey resultsAlina BARBUStatistical surveys, however well designed, often find that the resulting sample structure does not always reproduce the population structure accurately.In order to get more accurate estimators for the variables of interest, several methods of sample adjustment can be used. Most common among them are: post-stratification, ratio estimation and regression, which are presented in the article. Whether applied before data collection or afterwards, sample adjustment methods provide better estimations of the parameters of interest.http://www.revistadestatistica.ro/Articole/2010/A2en_7_2010.pdfsample balancingweightingpost-stratification estimatorregression estimatorratio estimator
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Methods of sample adjustment. Improving the quality of survey results
Revista Română de Statistică
sample balancing
weighting
post-stratification estimator
regression estimator
ratio estimator
author_facet Alina BARBU
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title Methods of sample adjustment. Improving the quality of survey results
title_short Methods of sample adjustment. Improving the quality of survey results
title_full Methods of sample adjustment. Improving the quality of survey results
title_fullStr Methods of sample adjustment. Improving the quality of survey results
title_full_unstemmed Methods of sample adjustment. Improving the quality of survey results
title_sort methods of sample adjustment. improving the quality of survey results
publisher Romanian National Institute of Statistics
series Revista Română de Statistică
issn 1018-046X
1844-7694
publishDate 2010-07-01
description Statistical surveys, however well designed, often find that the resulting sample structure does not always reproduce the population structure accurately.In order to get more accurate estimators for the variables of interest, several methods of sample adjustment can be used. Most common among them are: post-stratification, ratio estimation and regression, which are presented in the article. Whether applied before data collection or afterwards, sample adjustment methods provide better estimations of the parameters of interest.
topic sample balancing
weighting
post-stratification estimator
regression estimator
ratio estimator
url http://www.revistadestatistica.ro/Articole/2010/A2en_7_2010.pdf
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