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Kish Effective Sample Size from Weight Sums sum of survey weights Solver

Rearrange the kish effective sample size from weight sums relationship and solve for sum of survey weights.

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Your inputCalculatedPassed forward in chains
sum of survey weights1,000
Reconstructed Kish effective sample size400

Calculation steps

  1. Use a=b√c with Kish effective sample size=400 and square root of summed squared weights=50.
  2. sum of survey weights=1000.
  3. Substitution into c=(a/b)² reconstructs 400.

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Kish Effective Sample Size from Weight Sums: solve sum of survey weights: Rearrange the kish effective sample size from weight sums relationship and solve for sum of survey weights.

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Imagine using Kish Effective Sample Size from Weight Sums: solve sum of survey weights to answer this question: rearrange the kish effective sample size from weight sums relationship and solve for sum of survey weights? Enter Kish effective sample size and square root of summed squared weights; the calculator shows sum of survey weights. For example: sum of survey weights=1000 and square root of summed squared weights=50 produce Kish effective sample size=400. The answer tells you sum of survey weights.

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Kish effective sample size is squared total weight divided by the sum of squared weights. This page isolates sum of survey weights and verifies it in the original relationship. The rule is a=b√c. Its input values are Kish effective sample size, square root of summed squared weights, and the main result is sum of survey weights. For example: sum of survey weights=1000 and square root of summed squared weights=50 produce Kish effective sample size=400.

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This calculator evaluates the stated kish effective sample size from weight sums: solve sum of survey weights relation over the valid real-number domain stated below. The implemented relation is a=b√c, evaluated from Kish effective sample size, square root of summed squared weights to produce sum of survey weights. Kish effective sample size is squared total weight divided by the sum of squared weights. This page isolates sum of survey weights and verifies it in the original relationship. The second input is the square root of the summed squared weights so the reversible square-ratio form applies.

Inputs and valid domain

  • Kish effective sample size must be a finite real number.
  • square root of summed squared weights must be a finite real number.

Important boundary: The second input is the square root of the summed squared weights so the reversible square-ratio form applies.

The formula

a=b√c

How the calculator works through it

It substitutes Kish effective sample size, square root of summed squared weights into the formula and exposes every numerical step above. The main output is sum of survey weights, accompanied by Reconstructed Kish effective sample size.

Read the result correctly

The sum of survey weights is the direct answer to “rearrange the kish effective sample size from weight sums relationship and solve for sum of survey weights.” Read it with the units shown beside the inputs; a sign, angle, percentage or rate changes what the number means.

A worked check

sum of survey weights=1000 and square root of summed squared weights=50 produce Kish effective sample size=400.

Where this model stops being reliable

The second input is the square root of the summed squared weights so the reversible square-ratio form applies.

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    Kish Effective Sample Size from Weight Sums: solve sum of survey weights uses a=b√c. You need to recognise what each side represents before substituting the stated inputs or rearranging the relationship.

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These are direct reference implementations of the calculator's principal relationship and first output. They run locally and include a small known-answer check where the language supports it.

Algorithm

  1. Read Kish effective sample size, square root of summed squared weights.
  2. Evaluate the principal relationship: a=b√c.
  3. Return sum of survey weights and check the domain conditions described above.
Python
            from math import *

def kish_effective_sample_size_solve_a(c, b) -> float:
    return (b * sqrt(c))

assert abs(kish_effective_sample_size_solve_a(400, 50) - 1000) < 1e-6 * max(1.0, abs(1000))
          
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C
            #include <assert.h>
#include <math.h>

double kish_effective_sample_size_solve_a(double c, double b) {
    return (b * sqrt(c));
}

int main(void) {
    const double expected = 1000;
    const double actual = kish_effective_sample_size_solve_a(400, 50);
    assert(fabs(actual - expected) < 1e-6 * fmax(1.0, fabs(expected)));
}
          
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C++
            #include <cassert>
#include <cmath>
#include <numbers>

double kish_effective_sample_size_solve_a(double c, double b) {
    return (b * std::sqrt(c));
}

int main() {
    constexpr double expected = 1000;
    const double actual = kish_effective_sample_size_solve_a(400, 50);
    assert(std::fabs(actual - expected) < 1e-6 * std::fmax(1.0, std::fabs(expected)));
}
          
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Linux x86-64 assembly

x86-64 NASM · System V ABI · Linux · SSE2 with libm where required

            ; double kish_effective_sample_size_solve_a(double c, double b)
; Linux x86-64 NASM · System V ABI · first eight doubles in xmm0–xmm7
global kish_effective_sample_size_solve_a
section .text

kish_effective_sample_size_solve_a:
    push rbp
    mov rbp, rsp
    sub rsp, 32
    movsd [rbp-8], xmm0
    movsd [rbp-16], xmm1
    sqrtsd xmm0, [rbp-8]
    movsd [rbp-32], xmm0
    movsd xmm0, [rbp-16]
    mulsd xmm0, [rbp-32]
    movsd [rbp-24], xmm0
    movsd xmm0, [rbp-24]
    leave
    ret
          
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MATLAB
            function result = kish_effective_sample_size_solve_a(c, b)
    result = (b * sqrt(c));
end
          
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Wolfram Language
            ClearAll[mwCalculate];
mwCalculate[c_, b_] := (b * Sqrt[c]);
          
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  year = {2026},
  url = {https://math.mwsysarc.com/statistics/kish-effective-sample-size-sum-of-survey-weights-solver},
  note = {Published July 21, 2026; accessed August 31, 2026}
}

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Rearrange the kish effective sample size from weight sums relationship and solve for sum of survey weights.

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The calculator applies a=b√c. Kish effective sample size is squared total weight divided by the sum of squared weights. This page isolates sum of survey weights and verifies it in the original relationship.

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