Publication type
Conference Paper
Series
International Statistical Institute Session
Author
Publication date
August 15, 2003
Abstract:
The use and interpretation of design effects is hampered by variation in conceptualisation, terminology and estimation methods. This paper discusses the issues, proposes partial solutions and illustrates the ideas with examples from the European Social Survey. Three uses of design effects are identified, each with different implications for appropriate definitions and appropriate estimation methods: for sample design, for survey data analysis, and for adjustment of standard errors from standard statistical software. (A fourth use, model misspecification, is dealt with by Skinner, 1986.)
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