EXAMPLES OF DIFFERING WEIGHTED AND UNWEIGHTED ESTIMATES FROM A SAMPLESURVEY

Authors
KORN EL GRAUBARD BI
Citation
El. Korn et Bi. Graubard, EXAMPLES OF DIFFERING WEIGHTED AND UNWEIGHTED ESTIMATES FROM A SAMPLESURVEY, The American statistician, 49(3), 1995, pp. 291-295
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Statistic & Probability","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
The American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
49
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
291 - 295
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1305(1995)49:3<291:EODWAU>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Unweighted estimators using data collected in a sample survey can be b adly biased, whereas weighted estimators are approximately unbiased fo r population parameters. We present four examples using data from the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey to demonstrate that we ighted and unweighted estimators can be quite different, and to show t he underlying causes of such differences.