[R] SamplingStrata R package

[Bert Gunter]

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-- Bert



On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 8:15 AM, Chris S <cjsilwood at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Bert
> thank you for the reply. Not a coding query as such. Just wanted some
> pointers towards how to handle strata using the package in my situation,
> i.e. business type X business size with information for count and financial
> turnover.
>
> many thanks
>
> On 31 October 2017 at 14:37, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 4:43 AM, Chris S <cjsilwood at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I am hoping to use the SamplingStrata R package for a dataset describing
>>> a
>>> population of businesses wherein I have information on the type of
>>> business, as well as, for designated employment number bands, number of
>>> employees and business turnover information. So in this context the
>>> employment number bands can be described as micro, small, medium and
>>> large,
>>> i.e. size of business. Hence I would like the stratification to be
>>> business
>>> type X business size. I note that SamplingStrata allows for multivariate
>>> scenarios and the data frame should be straightforward to set up, but in
>>> terms of "domains" which descriptor should be used for this? I am
>>> assuming
>>> I can use both number of employees and business turnover information to
>>> optimise the stratification sampling procedure.
>>>
>>> thank you in advance
>>>
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