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Policy Impacts on Inequality. Weighting Samples: Introductory Issues

Year of publication 2006

Pages 16 p.

Author Bellù, L.G.;Liberati, P.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Series title EASYPol: Resources for policy making

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This module illustrates the concept of weighting samples in survey analysis. In particular, it deals with: a) the concept of weights and inflation factors; b) why weights are important in calculating statistical measures; c) how disregarding weights may lead to misleading results in empirical analysis.

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