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Issues in Analysis of Complex Sample Survey Data
November 28, 2017 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Modern Languages Building (MLB), Room 2001B
This 2-half day workshop will provide participants with an introductory overview of issues frequently encountered when conducting secondary analyses of data collected from sample surveys with complex multi-stage designs (e.g. PSID, NHANES, NHIS, MEPS), including design-based weight determination, software choice, and proper analysis methods. The workshop is not intended for participants looking to design a survey, but rather for participants who have a desire to analyze complex sample survey data. Topics to be covered include:
- Recognizing a sample with a complex design
- Calculation of sample weights based on sample designs / non-response / post-stratification
- Calculation of new weights for subgroups / longitudinal analyses
- Weighted vs. unweighted analyses
- Calculation of correct confidence intervals for sample estimates
- Hypothesis Testing based on sample estimates
- Design Effects
- Software packages capable of complex sample survey data analysis
- Common analysis methods (linear modeling, descriptive statistics), interpretation of results
- Approaches to handling missing data
- Examples using real survey data