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* Adding citations for NCVS figures in ch3

* Add PDF codebook note

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The survey documentation, often the codebook, represents the missing data with a code. The codebook may list different codes depending on why certain data points are missing. In the example of variable `V202066` from the ANES (Figure \@ref(fig:understand-codebook-examp)), `-9` represents "Refused," `-7` means that the response was deleted due to an incomplete interview, `-6` means that there is no response because there was no follow-up interview, and `-1` means "Inapplicable" (due to a designed skip pattern.)

As another example, there may be a summary variable that describes the missingness of a set of variables - particularly with "select all that apply" or "multiple response" questions. In the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), respondents who are victims of a crime and saw the offender are asked if the offender had a weapon and then asked what the type of weapon was. This part of the questionnaire from 2021 is shown in Figure \@ref(fig:understand-ncvs-weapon-q).
As another example, there may be a summary variable that describes the missingness of a set of variables - particularly with "select all that apply" or "multiple response" questions. In the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), respondents who are victims of a crime and saw the offender are asked if the offender had a weapon and then asked what the type of weapon was. This part of the questionnaire from 2021 is shown in Figure \@ref(fig:understand-ncvs-weapon-q) [@ncvs_survey_2020].

```{r}
#| label: understand-ncvs-weapon-q
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knitr::include_graphics(path="images/questionnaire-ncvs-weapon.jpg")
```

The NCVS codebook includes coding for all multiple response variables of a "lead in" variable that summarizes the individual options. For question 23a on the weapon type, the lead-in variable is V4050, which is shown in \@ref(fig:understand-ncvs-weapon-cb). This variable is then followed by a set of variables for each weapon type. An example of one of the individual variables from the codebook, the handgun, is shown in \@ref(fig:understand-ncvs-weapon-cb-hg). We will dive into how to analyze this variable in Chapter \@ref(c11-missing-data).
The NCVS codebook includes coding for all multiple response variables of a "lead in" variable that summarizes the individual options. For question 23a on the weapon type, the lead-in variable is V4050, which is shown in Figure \@ref(fig:understand-ncvs-weapon-cb) [@ncvs_cb_2020]. This variable is then followed by a set of variables for each weapon type. An example of one of the individual variables from the codebook, the handgun, is shown in Figure \@ref(fig:understand-ncvs-weapon-cb-hg) [@ncvs_cb_2020]. We will dive into how to analyze this variable in Chapter \@ref(c11-missing-data).

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#| label: understand-ncvs-weapon-cb
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@misc{ncvs_data_2021,
title = {National {Crime} {Victimization} {Survey}, [{United} {States}], 2021},
author = {{United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics}},
author = {{U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics}},
year = 2022,
publisher = {Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]},
doi = {10.3886/ICPSR38429.v1},
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title = {Users' guide to the {National} {Crime} {Victimization} {Survey} ({NCVS}) direct variance estimation},
author = {{Shook-Sa, Bonnie} and {Couzens, G. Lance} and {Berzofsky, Marcus}},
year = 2015,
publisher = {Bureau of Justice Statistics},
publisher = {U. S. Bureau of Justice Statistics},
howpublished = {\url{https://bjs.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh236/files/media/document/ncvs_variance_user_guide_11.06.14.pdf}}
}
@misc{ncvs_tech_2016,
title = {National {Crime} {Victimization} {Survey}, 2016: {Technical} {Documentation}},
author = {{Bureau of Justice Statistics}},
author = {{U. S. Bureau of Justice Statistics}},
year = 2017,
month = dec,
howpublished = {\url{https://bjs.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh236/files/media/document/ncvstd16.pdf}}
}
@misc{ncvs_survey_2020,
title = {National {Crime} {Victimization} {Survey} NCVS-2 CRIME INCIDENT REPORT},
author = {{U. S. Bureau of Justice Statistics}},
year = 2020,
howpublished = {\url{https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/ncvs20_cir.pdf}}
}
@misc{ncvs_cb_2020,
title = {{National Crime Victimization Survey}, [{United States}], 2021},
author = {{U. S. Bureau of Justice Statistics}},
year = 2022,
howpublished = {\url{https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/NACJD/studies/38429/datadocumentation}},
note = {Download - DS0 Study-Level Files - Codebook [{PDF}]}
}
@article{gelman2007weights,
title = {{Struggles with Survey Weighting and Regression Modeling}},
author = {Andrew Gelman},
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