--- Leslie R Hinkson ([email protected]) wrote:
> I've been having a problem with generating staandard deviations for my
> variables. Because of the survey design I have to svyset the data
> beforehand. When I just use summarize I notice that the means are
> different than those generated through svy:mean which causes me to
> doubt that I should trust the std. devs. generated this way as well. Is
> there a way to get Stata to generate std. devs. that take into account
> the survey design and the jkknifed estimates?
A nice overview of what is possible with survey statistics in Stata is:
F. kreuter and R. Valliant (2007)
"A survey on survey statistics: What is done and can be done in Stata".
The Stata Journal, 7(1), pp. 1-22.
hope this helps,
Maarten
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Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
visiting address:
Buitenveldertselaan 3 (Metropolitan), room Z434
+31 20 5986715
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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