Acerca de este curso: This course will cover the steps used in weighting sample surveys, including methods for adjusting for nonresponse and using data external to the survey for calibration. Among the techniques discussed are adjustments using estimated response propensities, poststratification, raking, and general regression estimation. Alternative techniques for imputing values for missing items will be discussed. For both weighting and imputation, the capabilities of different statistical software packages will be covered, including R®, Stata®, and SAS®.
Para quién es esta clase: This course is aimed at undergraduates, graduate students, and working professionals who have an interest and need in preparing survey data for analysis and distribution to data users.
Creada por: Universidad de Maryland en College Park
Enseñado por: Richard Valliant, Ph.D., Research Professor
Joint Program in Survey Methodology
| Información básica | Curso 5 de 7 en Survey Data Collection and Analytics Specialization |
| Compromiso | 4 weeks of study, 1-2 hours/week |
| Idioma | English |
| Cómo aprobar | Aprueba todas las tareas calificadas para completar el curso. |
| Calificaciones del usuario |
Programa
SEMANA 1
General Steps in Weighting
Weights are used to expand a sample to a population. To accomplish this, the weights may correct for coverage errors in the sampling frame, adjust for nonresponse, and reduce variances of estimators by incorporating covariates. The series of steps needed to do this are covered in Module 1.
7 videos, 7 readings
- Vídeo: Introduction
- Reading: Class notes + additional reading
- Vídeo: Quantities to Estimate
- Reading: Class notes
- Vídeo: Goals of Estimation
- Reading: Class Notes
- Vídeo: Statistical Interpretation of Estimates
- Reading: Class Notes
- Vídeo: Coverage Problems
- Reading: Class Notes
- Vídeo: Improving Precision
- Reading: Class Notes
- Vídeo: Effects of Weighting on SEs
- Reading: Class Notes
Calificado: Introductory quiz on weights
Calificado: Quantities
Calificado: Goals
Calificado: Interpretation
Calificado: Coverage
Calificado: Improving precision
Calificado: Effects on SEs
SEMANA 2
Specific Steps
Specific steps in weighting include computing base weights, adjusting if there are cases whose eligibility we are unsure of, adjusting for nonresponse, and using covariates to calibrate the sample to external population controls. We flesh out the general steps with specific details here.
6 videos, 6 readings
- Vídeo: Overview
- Reading: Class Notes
- Vídeo: Base Weights
- Reading: Class Notes
- Vídeo: Nonresponse Adjustments
- Reading: Class Notes
- Vídeo: Response Propensities
- Reading: Class Notes
- Vídeo: Tree algorithms
- Reading: Class Notes
- Vídeo: Calibration
- Reading: Class Notes
Calificado: Overview
Calificado: Base weights
Calificado: Nonresponse
Calificado: Trees
Calificado: Calibration
SEMANA 3
Implementing the Steps
Software is critical to implementing the steps, but the R system is an excellent source of free routines. This module covers several R packages, including sampling, survey, and PracTools that will select samples and compute weights.
6 videos, 5 readings, 3 practice quizzes
- Vídeo: Software
- Reading: Class Notes
- Vídeo: Base Weights
- Reading: Class Notes + Software
- Vídeo: More on Base Weights
- Reading: Class Notes
- Practice Quiz: Quiz on base weights
- Vídeo: Nonresponse Adjustments
- Reading: Class Notes + Software for propensity classes
- Practice Quiz: Quiz on nonresponse adjustments
- Vídeo: Examples of Calibration
- Vídeo: Software for Poststratification
- Reading: Class Notes + Software for calibration
- Practice Quiz: Quiz on calibration and poststratification
Calificado: Software
SEMANA 4
Imputing for Missing Items
In most surveys there will be items for which respondents do not provide information, even though the respondent completed enough of the data collection instrument to be considered "complete". If only the cases with all items present are retained when fitting a model, quite a few cases may be excluded from the analysis. Imputing for the missing items avoids dropping the missing cases. We cover methods of doing the imputing and of reflecting the effects of imputations on standard errors in this module.
6 videos, 5 readings
- Vídeo: Reasons for Imputation
- Reading: Class Notes
- Vídeo: Means and hotdeck
- Reading: Class Notes
- Vídeo: Regression Imputation
- Reading: Class Notes
- Vídeo: Effect on Variances
- Reading: Class Notes
- Vídeo: mice R package
- Vídeo: mice example
- Reading: Class Notes + mice R package
Calificado: Reasons for imputing
Calificado: Means and hot deck
Calificado: Regression imputation
Calificado: Effects on variances
Calificado: Imputation software
Summary of Course 5
We briefly summarize the methods of weighting and imputation that were covered in Course 5.
1 video, 1 reading
- Vídeo: Summary
- Reading: Class Notes
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Tarifa
| Comprar curso | |
|---|---|
| Accede a los materiales del curso | Disponible |
| Accede a los materiales con calificación | Disponible |
| Recibe una calificación final | Disponible |
| Obtén un Certificado de curso para compartir | Disponible |
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Great course!
This is a higher level course. Good for beginners.
This course quite help to get as much reliable data as possible for any survey.
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Prof. Richard Valliant, Ph.D. clearly enough explain all of these course materials. I will use these materials to dealing missing data on our census or survey. I believe that these materials were very helpful for me and my agency.
Thank you very much for all of this course.