Date:         Fri, 6 Jun 2003 13:11:28 +0200
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From:         SASKID <s4a3s2k1id@WEB.DE>
Subject:      Q: Quota sampling by SAS, maybe SURVEYSELECT
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Hi SAS list,
A collegue has a finite population (not sample!) of N=600, and wants to
draw a smaller sample that reflects special quotas of the population,
e.g. the proportion males/females, and several other variables. He
cannot use the whole population for analysis, because he hasn't the data
yet. All he got is a complete adress list of the members of the
population. He does not want to collect all the data, because there's no
time to do this. It is also much labour. So he wants to draw a small
quota sample (the smaller the better), adress them, and just collect
their data. Is this sampling by quota possible with SAS, eg. with
SURVEYSELECT? Maybe you could recommend some sampling software?
Thanks a lot in advance,
SASKID