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Details Title: MATH 1308 Ch. 22 Description: Statistics, Ch. 22 - Unemployment Total Flash Cards: 14 Created: 04/07/2005 12:16:20	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term PSU Definition Primary Sampling Unit; consists of either a city or county or a group of contiguous counties. 2007 of them are used in the Current Population Survey. Term strata Definition Groups of PSUs sorted so that the PSUs in each stratum would resemble each other on certain demographic and economic characteristics. There are 792 strata, and they do not cross state lines. New York and Los Angeles are in strata by themselves. Term USU Definition Ultimate Sampling Unit; consist of about 4 housing units each. Every person over the age of 16 living in a selected USU in a selected PSU is counted in the Current Population Survey. Term civilian labor force Definition Consists of civilians who are either employed or unemployed. Term unemployment rate Definition The percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Term employed Definition A civilian over the age of 16 who did any paid work in the previous week, or were temporarily absent from a regular job. Term unemployed Definition A civilian over the age of 16 who were not employed the previous week but were available for work and were looking for work during the past 4 weeks. Term outside the labor force Definition A civilian over the age of 16 who is neither employed nor unemployed by Census Bureau definitions. Term panel bias Definition The idea that people's responses change as a result of being interviewed, progressively biasing the sample. Term weighting Definition To compensate for under- or over-represented groups in the Survey, the Census Bureau weights the data collected to better reflect the makeup of the overall population. Term cluster sampling Definition A sampling technique where the entire population is divided into groups, or clusters, and a random sample of these clusters are selected. All observations in the selected clusters are included in the sample. Typically used when the researcher cannot get a complete list of the members of a population they wish to study but can get a complete list of groups or 'clusters' of the population. It is also used when a random sample would produce a list of subjects so widely scattered that surveying them would prove to be far too expensive. Term half-sample method Definition A method of estimating the standard error of a survey without having to do a second survey to compare results. Acheived by splitting the data in half and taking the average of the two sets of data, then taking the square root of the average error squared. Term editing Definition Current Population Survey interviewers' reports are checked, and any incomplete or inconsistent data is thrown out. Term Current Population Survey Definition A survey conducted by the Census Bureau, based on a nationwide probability sample of about 110,000 people who are interviewed monthly.