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Standardization: A Technique to Control for Extraneous Variables
Author(s) -
Kalton G.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2985676
Subject(s) - standardization , control (management) , computer science , statistics , reliability engineering , operations research , engineering , mathematics , artificial intelligence , operating system
Summary Standardization is discussed as a technique to control for extraneous variables in survey analysis. The weights for the standardization are chosen, in the case of estimation, in order to minimize the variance of the estimator and, in the case of a significance test, in order to maximize the power of the test. Examples are given to illustrate the uses and limitations of standardization in survey analysis.