Troubleshooting weight schemes
Refer to this topic if you are encountering errors when you try to create and apply a weight scheme.
Target percentages
Check the target percentages in your weight scheme and ensure they meet all of the following criteria.
Valid target percentages must:
- Add up to 100% total.
- Contain numbers only (not letters or special characters).
- Be positive numbers (not negative numbers).
- Be set to 0 if the sample percentage value is 0.
- Be set to a value above 0 if a value above 0 exists for the sample percentage.
Weight variables
| Error | How to fix it |
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| The weight variable does not have answer options. | Choose a weight variable with 2 or more answer options. |
| The weight variable has 1 answer option. | Choose a weight variable with 2 or more answer options. |
| The weight variable has no responses. | Choose a weight variable that has responses. |
| The weight variable was deleted. | Remove the weight variable from your weight scheme. |
| The weight variable changed (for example, answer options were added and removed). | Remove the weight variable from your weight scheme and re-add it. |
| The weight scheme is invalid due to sample percentage changes (for example, receiving more survey responses or report filtering). |
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| The weight scheme fails because multiple variables contradict each other and the targets cannot be reached. |
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| The weight scheme fails because a weight variable in a multi-variable weight scheme has missing values for some participants. For example, participants skipped a survey question, or there are missing profile variable values. | Filter the report to exclude participants with missing values. For profile variables used as weight variables, create a filter condition statement that includes all profile variable values. This will implicitly exclude participants who do not have values for that profile variable. |
| The weight scheme fails because there are outliers or disproportionately small groups in the weight variables. |
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