Merge lonely strata — merge_lonely

Merge lonely strata that are being neither surprise nor full-count within blocks.

Usage

merge_lonely_strata(
  data,
  sample_data = NULL,
  id,
  x,
  y,
  strata,
  exclude = NULL,
  block = NULL,
  group = NULL
)

data: Population data frame
sample_data: Sample data frame
id: Name of identification variable as a string. Should be same in sample_data and data dataframes.
x: Name of the explanatory variable.
y: Name of the statistic variable.
strata: Name of the strata variable(s).
exclude: Vector of id numbers to exclude from the model. This observations will be included in the total with their observed values.
block: Name of variable(s) for using for blocks within which strata merge may take place.
group: Name of variable(s) for using for groups.

Data frame for whole population with estimation strata obtained from strata merge, and an indicator for merge (1 if merge took place, 0 otherwise).