Sorry for any confusion. Any answers to the original question??? Thanks. -ml
Martin Weiss wrote:
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"
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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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