Target Estimation and Adjustment Weighting for Survey Nonresponse and Sampling Bias

ISBN-13: 9781108794152 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 75 str.

Berkeley) Sekhon Jasjeet S. (University of California

Opis

Nonresponse and other sources of bias are endemic features of public opinion surveys. We elaborate a general workflow of weighting-based survey inference, and describe in detail how this can be applied to the analysis of historical and contemporary opinion polls.

Spis treści

1. The Problem of Unrepresentative Survey Samples; 2. Weight Estimation; 3. Target Estimation; 4. Application to Contemporary Election Surveys; 5. Application to Quota-sampled Opinion Polls; 6. Extensions and Conclusion.