Martin,
That Horvitz-Thompson estimator is used when the sample design includes
sampling without replacement as opposed to sampling with
replacement.
Regards,
Bob
Robert A. Yaffee, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Silver School of Social Work
New York University
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----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Weiss <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 8:32 am
Subject: st: AW: implementation of variance formula
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> <>
> The most prominent one is probably the one of the OLS estimator "V =
> s^2*(X'X)^(-1)" which you can see in Mata action in
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> HTH
> Martin
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> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Inna Becher
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 10. März 2009 12:07
> An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Betreff: st: implementation of variance formula
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> Dear statalisters,
>
> I have to implement a formula of the variance of modified
> horvitz-thompson-estimator.
> My dataset is very large, so I cannot produce a lot of new variables in
> order to do that.
> Should I use mata? Are there any examples of implementing variance
> formulas in stata?
> Thank you.
>
> Inna Becher
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