Re: st: pweight or fweight?

[Steven Samuels <sjhsamuels@earthlink.net>]

Andrea-

Try both options [pweight= ]  and [fweight = ] with -regress-,  and  
you will see which one is appropriate.

-Steve
On Sep 8, 2008, at 5:16 AM, Andrea Bennett wrote:


> Dear all,
>
> I'm getting a little confused with the weight options. I've  
> constructed the following weight: A / B=weight, with A==share in  
> true population and B==share in sample. These weights refer to U.S.  
> states while the observations are single individuals.
>
> Which weight option should I use in the regress command? I think it  
> should be the -pweight- but since I've never worked with weights  
> before, I thought I ask!
>
> Many thanks for your considerations,
>
> Andrea
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