How to Use Survey Weights in R
Survey weights are common in large-scale government-funded data collections. For example, NHIS and NHANES are two large scale surveys that track the health and well-being of Americans that have survey weights. These data collections use complex and multi-stage survey sampling to ensure that results are representative of the U.S. population. Although use of survey weights is sometimes contested in regression analyses, they are needed for simple means and proportions. The general guidance is that if analysts can control for the…