A new concept for tuning design weights in survey sampling : jackknifing in theory and practice / [electronic resource] Sarjinder Singh, Stephen Sedory, Maria Rueda, Antonio Arcos, Raghunath Arnab. Singh, Sarjinder, 1963- author. Sedory, Stephen, author. Rueda, Maria, author. Arcos, Antonio, author. Arnab, Raghunath, author. Sampling (Statistics) QA276 001.422 23 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. CIP data; item not viewed. A New Concept for Tuning Design Weights in Survey Sampling: Jackknifing in Theory and Practice introduces the new concept of tuning design weights in survey sampling by presenting three concepts: calibration, jackknifing, and imputing where needed. This new methodology allows survey statisticians to develop statistical software for analyzing data in a more precisely and friendly way than with existing techniques. 2015 Text 1 online resource http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780081005941 eng