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Adjusting for Design Effects in Disproportionate Stratified Sampling Designs Through Weighting.

This article validates the necessity of adjusting for the design effects in disproportionate stratified sampling designs through the use of sample weights. Using data from the 1958 Birth Cohort study, we demonstrate that complex sampling designs introduce sampling error and even sampling bias into s...

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Published in:Crime & Delinquency Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 306 - 326
Main Authors: Tracy, Paul E., Carkin, Danielle Marie
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Mar2014
Subjects:
Vital records (Births, deaths, etc.)
Population research
Criminology
Proportional representation
Data analysis
Sampling errors
Parameter estimation
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost