shuffle_replicates function

Shuffle the order of replicates in a survey design object

Shuffle the order of replicates in a survey design object. In other words, the order of the columns of replicate weights is randomly permuted.

shuffle_replicates(design)

Arguments

• design: A survey design object, created with either the survey or srvyr packages.

Returns

An updated survey design object, where the order of the replicates has been shuffled (i.e., the order has been randomly permuted).

Examples

library(survey)
set.seed(2023)

# Create an example survey design object

  sample_data <- data.frame(
    STRATUM = c(1,1,1,1,2,2,2,2),
    PSU     = c(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
  )

  survey_design <- svydesign(
    data = sample_data,
    strata = ~ STRATUM,
    ids = ~ PSU,
    weights = ~ 1
  )

  rep_design <- survey_design |>
    as_fays_gen_rep_design(variance_estimator = "Ultimate Cluster")

# Inspect replicates before shuffling

  rep_design |> getElement("repweights")

# Inspect replicates after shuffling

  rep_design |>
    shuffle_replicates() |>
    getElement("repweights")