[R] weighting (survey) data

[Thomas Lumley]

On Fri, 15 Jan 2010, vivi ane wrote:

> is there a function in R equivalent to the "weight by"-command in SPSS?
> I'm working with survey datasets and the data need to be weighted by a
> survey/ probability/ design weight (to compensate for different
> probabilities to be included in the sample in each country). The
> weight variables are included in the datasets.
>
> I did find functions in the Hmisc and survey packages that might fit
> some of my needs but I need to do a bunch of procedures for all of
> which the data must be weighted, as far as I can see. (I'm quite new
> to R and the prospect of having to write my own functions for all of
> them is really scaring me ;))
>

The survey package covers quite a wide range of analyses. Can you be more specific about what you think is missing?

      -thomas


Thomas Lumley			Assoc. Professor, Biostatistics
tlumley at u.washington.edu	University of Washington, Seattle