Re: st: Resampling question

[BRUNDAGE Thomas W <Thomas.W.Brundage@state.or.us>]

Julia -

You could post-stratify (weight) the data to account for the over-response by
women, and then include the weight in the logit command.  This would be less
problematic than using a random process to toss "extra" records out of your
data.

thomasb

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>>> pin.ny@albany.edu 4/23/2003 1:17:00 PM >>>
The goal is to run a logit model with a dataset that is representative of
the distribution of males and females in a particular subject area.

The problem is that I am working with a sample with far more female than
male survey respondents. Of 215 randomly selected survey respondents, 86 are
male, 129 female. According to the female proportion in the population, I
would only include 33 female responses.

Is there a way (e.g. through bootstrapping or Monte Carlo simulation) that I
can keep the 86 male respondents in the sample and match them with a series
of 33 randomly selected female respondents from the total 129 female
respondents in the sample? Is it possible to run a logit model in this
process?

Thank you in advance for any help.
Julia Koschinsky 



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