Re: [R] Analyzing 2008 ANES using the weight variable

2012-06-19 Thread R. Michael Weylandt
Most modelling functions take a weights= argument so once you decide what sort of model you are looking for, that should be the way to proceed. But do be forewarned that there are a few kinds of "weights" in statistics and it's not standardized which is the default across different statistical soft

[R] Analyzing 2008 ANES using the weight variable

2012-06-19 Thread Hutch Pollock
Good morning. I am a competent (not sophisticated) Stata and SPSS user. Although I'm relatively new to R, I have learned to analyze unweighted data. But now I want to analyze the 2008 American National Election Study, which provides a single weight variable (v081010). In SPSS, I set the weight and