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  • 1.  VRE 0% and 100% values

    Posted an hour ago
    VRE newbie question:
    When computing margins of error using the VRE tables, the instructions contain a section about zero counts and estimates of 0% or 100%. I think I'm not getting something, so: do those instructions apply to individual columns in the 80 replication estimates, or to the entire sum of the estimates? For example, if I have 70 estimates between 0% and 100% and 10 with 0%, do I
    1. just use the 70 "valid" ones and compute the "standard" way without the zeroes
    2. or compute an estimate for each of the 10 estimates of 0 using the average weight and K value, and include them in the overall number?
    Thanks in advance!


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    Jon Nigrine
    Greater Flint Health Coalition
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