SPSS sampling code needs to be converted in SAS

[carolet]

DOes anyone know how to program the following SPSS code in SAS? I need to do exactly this but in SAS! I do have access to SPSS at all!

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>

<SPSSComplexSamples version="1.0">

                <Header copyright="Copyright (c) SPSS Inc., 2006. All Rights Reserved."/>

                <AnalysisDesign SRSestimator="wor" numberOfStages="2">

                                <AnalysisStage estimationMethod="equal_wor" label="Stage 1" stageNumber="1">

                                                <StrataVarList numberOfVariables="3">

                                                                <Variable name="region_num"/>

                                                                <Variable name="sub_region_num"/>

                                                                <Variable name="comm_size_num"/>

                                                </StrataVarList>

                                                <ClusterVarList numberOfVariables="1">

                                                                <Variable name="residence_merge"/>

                                                </ClusterVarList>

                                                <IncProb>

                                                                <Variable name="inc_prob_1"/>

                                                </IncProb>

                                </AnalysisStage>

                                <AnalysisStage estimationMethod="equal_wor" label="Stage 2" stageNumber="2">

                                                <StrataVarList numberOfVariables="1">

                                                                <Variable name="age_gender_group"/>

                                                </StrataVarList>

                                                <IncProb>

                                                                <Variable name="inc_prob_2"/>

                                                </IncProb>

                                </AnalysisStage>

                                <Weight>

                                                <Variable name="weight_final"/>

                                </Weight>

                </AnalysisDesign>

</SPSSComplexSamples>

[ballardw]

 I would expect something sampling to indicate the number of records to select or a rate to select records from a base data set. Unless that is the use for the variables inc_prob_1 and inc_prob_2. In which case these would likely be the equivalents of _nsize_ variable in a SAMPSIZE=dataset for use in Surveyselect or _rate_ in a SAMPRATE= dataset.

Proc surveyselect would be the procedure, with a Strata statment having the stratlist variables and a cluster cluster statement with the cluster variable. Assuming I am rgith about your inc_prob_1 then your samprate data set would have to be sorted in terms of the strata combinations.

Since I have no idea what the output of the SPSS looks like I can't suggest any other specific options.

[Reeza]

You're likely going to get better help if you reframe the question to ask what you need from SAS with sampling methodology, ie how do I create a simple random sample, stratified by Age/Gender Group (combined??) weighted by a variable, clustered on Residence, with 3 stratas or something along those lines.