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Your Guide to Survey Research Using the SAS System

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Your Guide to Survey Research Using the SAS System By: Archer Gravely ISBN: 978-1-58025-146-4 Pages: 304 Order this book from our online bookstore

This book is a sophisticated, yet understandable, SAS approach to common survey research applications using real-world examples. Survey research practitioners in any field will benefit from this practical guide to conducting survey research tasks. Beginner-level SAS users with a working knowledge of basic SAS concepts and advanced SAS users alike will find this book logical and easy to use. Main topics include SAS procedures and functions used in survey research; random sampling; creating form letters and envelopes; managing the survey process; analyzing survey data; labeling SAS output; data manipulation; reporting results in custom tables with PROC TABULATE; and creating plots and histograms with SAS/GRAPH that exemplify principles of graphical excellence.

About the Author

Archer R. Gravely brings to this comprehensive guide over 17 years of SAS experience in manipulating large amounts of data and performing myriad complex research studies. He is Director of Institutional Research and Planning Officer at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Gravely has demonstrated his extensive technical expertise and strong analytical skills through teaching workshops on survey research for nearly 10 years and through papers presented at and published by the Association for Institutional Research as well as other professional organizations.