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Weight

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-002128

Factor applied to sampled units or aggregates and used to make estimates of a population.

Note: For example, sample weights are applied to Consumer Expenditure microdata to estimate total expenditures for an entire year.

See also reweighting.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-002128
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesBLS Glossary
See alsoReweighting
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-002128",
  "term": "Weight",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Factor applied to sampled units or aggregates and used to make estimates of a population.\n\nNote: For example, sample weights are applied to Consumer Expenditure microdata to estimate total expenditures for an entire year.\n\nSee also reweighting.",
  "see_also": [
    "Reweighting"
  ],
  "references": [
    "BLS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/weight/"
}

Record 2,093 of 2,141 in Economic statistics terminology (MLC-0116). Request the full dataset.