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NAEP Technical DocumentationPoststratification adjustments, grade 8 geography national main assessment (accommodations permitted [R3]): 2001
PS cell Race/ethnicity Region Age group Poststratification adjustment Control total Sum of pre-post weights
1 Black All U.S. Age 13 0.967 336,238 347,673
2 Black All U.S. Not age 13 1.413 218,494 154,666
3 Hispanic All U.S. Age 13 0.706 342,244 484,851
4 Hispanic All U.S. Not age 13 1.170 232,430 198,635
5 Other race/ethnicity All U.S. Age 13 1.015 143,239 141,101
6 Other race/ethnicity All U.S. Not age 13 1.495 76,168 50,940
7 Non-Hispanic White Northeast Census reg Age 13 1.026 374,844 365,432
8 Non-Hispanic White Northeast Census reg Not age 13 1.247 154,677 123,991
9 Non-Hispanic White Midwest Census reg Age 13 1.020 515,457 505,327
10 Non-Hispanic White Midwest Census reg Not age 13 1.394 270,133 193,726
11 Non-Hispanic White South Census reg Age 13 0.946 508,345 537,366
12 Non-Hispanic White South Census reg Not age 13 1.378 273,608 198,604
13 Non-Hispanic White West Census reg Age 13 1.434 362,144 252,551
14 Non-Hispanic White West Census reg Not age 13 1.583 112,957 71,345
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.

Last updated 19 August 2008 (DR)

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