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From: [email protected] (Jeff Pitblado, StataCorp LP)
Date: Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:45 am
Subject: Re: RE: st: bootstrap weighted mean
<snip>
> If we are talking about "aweights", then I am willing to relax
> this warning
> for -bootstrap- but am not so sure for -jknife- and -permute-.
>
> However, do not try this trick with "fweights", you will
> definitely get the
> wrong standard error estimates. I've included the contents of a
> simpledo-file that illustrates why you do not want to use this
> trick with
> -bootstrap-. If you run this example, you will notice that the
> standard error
> estimates are 2 or more times that of the estimates from an
> appropriateanalysis. This implications for this example extent to
> -jknife- and -permute-
> also.
>
> The -bootstrap- and -jknife- commands need new features in order
> to handle
> "pweights" (and "iweights") correctly.
>
> My "final note" was an attempt to encourage Stata users to do
> their homework
> before using this trick in order to make sure they will get what
> they expect.
<snip>
> --Jeff
> [email protected]
Jeff,
Thank you.
Scott
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