The phrase "a weighting variable" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to statistics, data analysis, or research where a variable is used to adjust the influence of different observations.
Example: "In our study, we used a weighting variable to ensure that the sample accurately represented the population demographics."
Alternatives: "a weighting factor" or "a weighted variable".
Due to the multistage cluster sampling technique used in the random selection of the sampling units, we weighted the data by introducing a weighting variable.
NB: data from SHARE wave 2; results are weighted (Ireland excluded as SHARE does not provide a weighting variable); #standard deviations are not reported for binary variables.
NB: data from SHARE wave 2; results are weighted (except for Ireland for which SHARE does not provide a weighting variable).
To re-establish representativeness, a weighting variable that combines the three separate weights is used.
A quality score was not used as a weighting variable because of its subjectivity [ 39].
The MICS data provides a weighting variable, which helps to offset over- and under-sampling in some regions.
We associate each node with a vector having latent features distributed over a unit sphere and with a weight variable sampled from a Pareto distribution.
The "adjusted Cycle 4 longitudinal weight" is included as a weight variable in the GEE and QIF models to account for study design.
Baseline QOL was used as a covariate and the number of forms included in a patient's period mean as a weight variable.
For each stratum (20 different age-ethnic groups) a weight variable was derived from the proportion in the total population (based on census information on age and ethnicity from January 2004) and the proportion in the sample, whereby weight equals population size divided by sample size times post hoc correction.
Finally, a weighted token ring scheduling algorithm and a weight-variable token ring scheduling algorithm are proposed.
