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Complex sampling - How to sample a range rather than absolute numbers?

  • 1.  Complex sampling - How to sample a range rather than absolute numbers?

    Posted Wed January 04, 2023 01:29 PM
    Hello,

    I am having a dataset that contains pupils nested in pairs/triads of schools. I need to select 20 pupils within each pair/triad but a between at least 7 and a maximum of 13 per school.

    In theory what I want to do is this:
    CSPLAN SAMPLE
  /PLAN FILE='/survey/myfile.csplan'
  /DESIGN STAGELABEL='pairs' CLUSTER=schools 
  /METHOD TYPE=PPS_SYSTEMATIC
  /SIZE VALUE=20
  /MOS VARIABLE='sizevariable' 
  /DESIGN STAGELABEL='schools' CLUSTER=school 
  /METHOD TYPE=PPS_SYSTEMATIC
  /SIZE VALUE=7-13.​
    This obvs doesn't work as /SIZE VALUE does not accept ranges.

    Does anyone have an Idea on how to do the above? I can worst case do adjustments manually as only a handful pairs result in lower/higher numbers but fixing it in the syntax is obvs neater.

    Many Thanks in advance!
    Frederick

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    Frederick
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  • 2.  RE: Complex sampling - How to sample a range rather than absolute numbers?

    Posted Thu January 05, 2023 02:13 PM
    Right; a range of values cannot be specified. I will let the team know that at least one user has requested an enhancement to allow range specification.

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    Rick Marcantonio
    Quality Assurance
    IBM
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    Original Message


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