rddi (version 0.1.1)

ddi_anlyInfo: anlyInfo and its child nodes

Description

Information on data appraisal.

Usage

ddi_anlyInfo(...)
ddi_dataAppr(...)
ddi_EstSmpErr(...)
ddi_respRate(...)

Value

A ddi_node object.

Arguments

...

Child nodes or attributes.

Details

Parent nodes

anlyInfo is contained in method.

anlyInfo specific child nodes

• ddi_dataAppr() are other issues pertaining to data appraisal. Describe here issues such as response variance, nonresponse rate and testing for bias, interviewer and response bias, confidence levels, question bias, etc. Attribute type allows for optional typing of data appraisal processes and option for controlled vocabulary.

• ddi_EstSmpErr() are estimates of sampling error. This element is a measure of how precisely one can estimate a population value from a given sample.

• ddi_respRate() is the response rate. The percentage of sample members who provided information. This may include a broader description of stratified response rates, information affecting response rates etc.

References

anlyInfo documentation

dataAppr documentation

respRate documentation

EstSmpErr documentation

Examples

ddi_anlyInfo()

# Functions that need to be wrapped in ddi_anlyInfo()

ddi_dataAppr("These data files were obtained from the United States House of 
             Representatives, who received them from the Census Bureau 
             accompanied by the following caveats...")

ddi_EstSmpErr("To assist NES analysts, the PC SUDAAN program was used to 
              compute sampling errors for a wide-ranging example set of 
              proportions estimated from the 1996 NES Pre-election Survey 
              dataset...")

ddi_respRate("For 1993, the estimated inclusion rate for TEDS-eligible 
             providers was 91 percent, with the inclusion rate for all 
             treatment providers estimated at 76 percent (including privately 
             and publicly funded providers).")