"Read the Friendly Manual" (plus variations on the "F" word); "For what
it's worth" - also, HTH= "hope this helps" which appears a lot
I don't think abbreviations is worth mentioning in the FAQ. These seem
to be general email or internet abbreviations.
Tony
Peter A. Lachenbruch
Department of Public Health
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97330
Phone: 541-737-3832
FAX: 541-737-4001
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Weiss
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 9:44 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Re: Poststratification weights
Just out of curiosity: What do "RTFM" and "FWIW" stand for? Should we
have a
repository of "frequently used abbreviations" in the list FAQ?
HTH
Martin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael I. Lichter" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 6:38 PM
Subject: st: Poststratification weights
> In the Stata svy commands, what is the difference between creating
your
> own poststratification weight (e.g. using -survwgt-) and treating it
as a
> pweight (through -svyset [pw=x], strata(y)-) vs. telling Stata
> (through -svyset, poststrata(y) postweight(z)-) that you have a
> postratification variable and cell count? This shouldn't affect point
> estimates, but how does Stata treat the two differently with respect
to
> variance calculations or anything else? Thanks. (I would RTFM if I had
> access to one, and I didn't find a FAQ or any discussion on the topic.
I
> am using Stata 9.2, FWIW.)
>
> Michael
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