certify                 package:rake                 R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     In 1994, the American Statistical Association member survey
     included questions regarding a proposed certification program.
     This data set contains two objects:

     _c_e_r_t_i_f_y the 5001 survey responses for questions related to the
          certification program.

     _s_t_a_t_p_o_p_t_o_t_a_l population characteristics of the ASA of 1994,
          provided for Rake analysis.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(certify)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     _c_e_r_t_i_f_y data.frame with 11 columns:

          _C_E_R_T_I_F_Y Should the ASA develop some form of certification?

          _A_P_P_R_O_V_E Would you approve of a certification program similar
               to that described in the July 1993 issue of _Amstat
               News_?

          _S_P_E_C_C_E_R_T Should there be specific certification programs for
               statistics subdisciplines?

          _W_O_U_L_D_Y_O_U If the ASA developed a certification program, would
               you attempt to become certified?

          _S_U_B_D_I_S_C Major subdiscipline: BA = Bayesian, BE = business &
               economic, BI = biometrics, BP = biopharmaceutical, CM =
               computing, EN  = environment, EP = epidemiology, GV =
               government, MR = marketing, PE = physical & engineering
               sciences, QP = quality & productivity, SE = statistical
               education, SG = statistical graphics, SP = sports, SR =
               survey research, SS = social statistics, TH = teaching
               statistics in health sciences, O = other.

          _C_O_L_L_E_G_E Highest collegiate degree: B = BS or BA, M = MS, N =
               none, P = Ph.D., O = other.

          _E_M_P_L_O_Y Employment status: E = employed, I = in school, R =
               retired, S = self-employed, U = unemployed, O = other.

          _W_O_R_K_E_N_V Primary work environment: A = academia, G =
               government, I = Industry, O = other.

          _W_O_R_K_A_C_T Primary work activity: C = consultant, E = educator,
               P = practitioner, R = researcher, S = student, O =
               other.

          _Y_E_A_R_S_M_E_M For how many years have you been a member of the
               ASA?

          (For the first five columns, the response is coded: 0 = no
          response, 1 = yes, 2 = possibly, 3 = no opinion, 4 =
          unlikely, 5 = no. Missing values for other questions are
          coded as blanks.)

_s_t_a_t_p_o_p_t_o_t_a_l data.frame with 2 columns:

     _n_a_m_e label for population characteristic. An element from the
          "WORKENV" or "COLLEGE" column of 'certify', but with the
          following meanings: A = Academia, I = Industry, O = All
          others, P = Ph.D., N = All others.

     _w_e_i_g_h_t number of members of the 1994 ASA with the characteristic
          (i.e. the population weights.)

_N_o_t_e:

     This data set is provided as an example for using the 'rake'
     package. It exhibits categorical data for which the sample does
     not match the population, and thus is a suitable target for
     re-weighting using Raking.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     <URL: http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/asacert/certsurvey>

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Sharon L. Lohr. Sampling: Design and Analysis, p. 439.
     Brooks/Cole, Pacific Grove, CA, 1999.

