Within-PSU Sort and Stratification Research to Improve Survey Efficiency
Within-PSU Sort and Stratification Research to Improve Survey Efficiency
Working Paper Number: SEHSD-WP1991-09 or SIPP-WP-155
After each decennial census, the Bureau of the Census redesigns its household surveys to improve their efficiency. One project done to identify potential improvement is within-Primary Sampling Unit (PSU) sort and stratification research.
This paper describes the research for an optimal sort and stratification scheme to reduce the within-PSU variance of key survey estimates.
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