topic Re: Size of Target Population in SAS Procedures

Size of Target Population

PMJ1908 — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 19:33:47 GMT

Hello, I'm a new user and glad SAS is available. I am using secondary data set. I want to find out the size of my target population. I have saved data set. My question is using SAS University Edition, how do I find out the size of the target population?

Thank you.

PMJ1908

Re: Size of Target Population

ballardw — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 19:45:56 GMT

Describe the data set that you intend to get that information from.

Likely it in will involve summing a count variable but we need lots more information for more of an answer.

Re: Size of Target Population

Reeza — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 19:56:00 GMT

What's a secondary data set?

Re: Size of Target Population

PMJ1908 — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 22:39:02 GMT

A secondary dataset refers to existing data that was collected for purposes that are different from the original purpose.

Re: Size of Target Population

Reeza — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 23:12:27 GMT

Ah, we use the term administrative data. The population in that case usually refers to general pop so without knowing your more info we can't help. For example, for the child welfare database, the target pop would be all kids in the province.

Also, for SAS, the term secondary data has no specific value. Data is data, the fields, type, and structure are more important.

Re: Size of Target Population

PMJ1908 — Sat, 02 Apr 2016 21:12:35 GMT

Thank you Reeza. Today, I had no problem uploading the attached data notpad file. However, I am trying to identify the total sample population. I am not sure how to do this. In addition, I want to isolate the target sample population. The cases are stratified by new applicant, two-parent or ongoing families for sampling states. My questions are: 1) In SAS, how do I find out the total sample population? 2) How do I isolate cases i.e. women, ages 18-55, African American? 2) how do I determine the number of cases in each strata?