In ________,each case or respondent in the database is assigned a weight to reflect its importance relative to other cases or respondents.
A)standardization
B)variable respecification
C)scale transformation
D)weighting

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Weighting is the process of assigning weights to cases or respondents in a database to reflect their importance or representativeness in the population. This is often necessary in surveys or polls to correct for certain biases in the sampling process or to ensure that the results are more representative of the target population. Standardization, variable respecification, and scale transformation are other data processing techniques but do not involve weighting.

In ________,Each Case or Respondent in the Database Is Assigned