Table 2. Proportion of a nominal sample from each respondent category according to the 2010 Census data, along with weights applied to individual respondents in the MTurk and SurveyUSA samples.
Category | nominal sample (%) | MTurk weights | SurveyUSA weights |
Woman - Young - NonWhite | 7.6 | 0.49140438 | 1.212827831 |
Woman - Young - White | 18.1 | 0.435434718 | 1.191716069 |
Woman - Old - NonWhite | 7.6 | 4.071636288 | 0.508954536 |
Woman - Old White | 18.1 | 1.006338014 | 0.154733066 |
Men - Young - NonWhite | 7.2 | 0.664633048 | 1.993899145 |
Men - Young - White | 17.1 | 0.505142453 | 1.379636378 |
Men - Old - NonWhite | 7.2 | 6.729409613 | 0.604890752 |
Men - Old - White | 17.1 | 2.036606082 | 0.268422977 |
Note: SurveyUSA weights are based on data from Simons & Chabris (2011), re-normed to 2010 Census data.