This report describes sample design, sample selection, weighting, and variance estimation
procedures for the 2008 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Reserve Component
Members (2008 WGRR). The first section of this report presents the sample design and sample
selection procedures. The second section describes the assignment of disposition codes in
preparation for survey weighting. The third section of this report provides an overview of the
weighting approach adopted for the 2008 WGRR then details the specific weighting adjustments
calculated for the 2008 WGRR. This section concludes with a comment regarding use of the
Taylor series approximation for variance estimation and the variables created during the
weighting of the 2008 WGRR to facilitate use of Taylor series software. Location, completion,
and response rates for the full sample and for subgroups are presented in the final section of this
report.