Target Estimation and Adjustment Weighting for Survey Nonresponse - and Sampling Bia

List of contents

1. The Problem of Unrepresentative Survey Samples; 2. Weight Estimation; 3. Target Estimation; 4. Application to Contemporary Election Surveys; 5. Application to Quota-sampled Opinion Polls; 6. Extensions and Conclusion.

Summary

Nonresponse and other sources of bias are endemic features of public opinion surveys. We elaborate a general workflow of weighting-based survey inference, and describe in detail how this can be applied to the analysis of historical and contemporary opinion polls.

Product details

• Authors: Adam J. Berinskey, Adam J Berinsky, Adam J. Berinsky, Devin Caughey, Devin (Massachusetts Institute of Technol Caughey, Sara Chatfield, Erin Hartman, Eric Schickler, Schickler Eric, Jasjeet S Sekhon, Jasjeet S. Sekhon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781108794152
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79415-2
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Quantitative and C; Elements in Quantitative and Computational Methods for the Social Sciences
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Probability theory, stochastic theory, mathematical statistics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Social research & statistics, Probability & statistics, Probability and statistics, Social research and statistics