Weighting Procedures in Probability-Type Samples

Abstract

This article examines critically the various problems of weighting probability-type samples, paying particular attention to those instances when no call-backs are made in the field. Deficiencies in the nights-at-home weighting procedure are analyzed, and alternative suggestions for minimizing many of the complexities of card weighting are presented. Much of the material is documented by extracts from a 30,000-interview national study during which technical experiments were tried.