The notion of weighted
$\alpha $-composition was introduced by Ruhan Zhao in the 1990s. In this paper, we study several analytic function spaces that are closely related to weighted
$\alpha $-composition. These include
$\alpha $-Bloch spaces,
$F(p,q,s)$ spaces, and Campanato spaces. We obtain derivative-free characterizations for
$\alpha $-Bloch spaces and
$F(p,q,s)$ spaces, which improve some previous results in the literature. We also obtain a certain version of Carleson measures for Campanato spaces and
$F(p,q,s)$ spaces.