Valsts valodas centra izstrādātie sociālo jautājumu, socioloģijas un statistikas termini

Konteksts: [..] The aim of the procedure of calibration is to improve the accuracy of the estimates by using external known information in the expression of the estimator. Let x1, x2xp auxiliary variables (called calibration variables) whose values for the responding households are known: let xji denote the value of the auxiliary variable xj (j=1p) on the household i. We suppose also that the totals of the calibration variables over the whole population are known [..]
Avots: European Commission, Description of Target Variables: Cross-sectional and Longitudinal