From 13809aa1fbaf769272fcdc65f31ca988354d113c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Anderson <b.anderson@soton.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 18:16:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] updated readme --- NEED/README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEED/README.md b/NEED/README.md index f984d08..3107586 100644 --- a/NEED/README.md +++ b/NEED/README.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Notes (mostly to self): * The End User License file (EULF) dataset is a sample of just over 4 million households * EULF is a semi-random sample of the 8m records which have an Energy Performance Certificate. * It includes only those with valid values on key variables (Property Age, Property Type, Floor Area Band and Energy Efficiency Band) and (especially) valid observations for electricity in 2012. - * Records were selected based on the frequency of household type in the dataset relative to the total dwelling stock so that uncommon property types (e.g. older detached properties) are over-represented and common types (e.g. flats where turnover is high) are under-represented. The supplied weight corrects for this for descriptive analaysis. + * Records were selected based on the frequency of household type in the dataset relative to the total dwelling stock so that uncommon property types (e.g. older detached properties) are over-represented and common types (e.g. flats where turnover is high) are under-represented. The supplied weight corrects for this for descriptive analysis. * Implications for sample bias unclear - there may be other systematic biases not captured by the weight? * UPRN = unique property reference = linkage mechanism (uses AddressBase) * Bias caused by linkage failure is unknown although the DECC NEED Data Framework report from 2011 suggest match rates of 94%-100% (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209264/Annex_B_-_Quality_Assurance.pdf) -- GitLab