NoStupidQuestions: What is Weighted Data?
This video is part of ICPSR’s #NoStupidQuestions series, offering videos that help answer data questions you might be afraid to ask. What is the difference between data and statistics? What exactly is metadata? We’ll answer these questions and more in short, easy-to-digest videos featuring ICPSR’s unique blend of fun and learning.
Have you ever had a professor give you an assignment, and you didn’t know how to do it but you were too embarrassed to ask? In this episode of the “My Professor Said…” series, our grumpy professor says we didn’t weight our data. What does that mean? How do you know if data is weighted? What factors should be considered when deciding if a study’s weights align with your goals? What is weighted data, and why does it matter?