Whereas post-stratification typically involves chopping the population into hundreds of groups, Wang and colleagues divided the population into 176,256 groups defined by gender (2 categories), race (4 categories), age (4 categories), education (4 categories), state (51 categories), party ID (3 categories), ideology (3 categories), and 2008 vote (3 categories).
Am Géigesaz, Wang an Kollegen ënnerdeelt der Populatioun an an 176.256 Gruppen virugaangen: Geschlecht (2 Kategorien), Rass (4 Kategorien), Alter (4 Kategorien), Educatioun (4 Kategorien), Staat (51 Kategorien), Partei ID (3 Kategorien), Ideologie (3 Kategorien) an 2008 Vote (3 Kategorien).