Vplx Program Documentation Volume 1: Introduction

By Fay, Robert E.

Description
Statistical Reference Document

Excerpt
Excerpt: History. This documentation describes VPLX, a general program for variance estimation from complex samples. VPLX was begun in 1989. The initial and continuing objective is to develop a general purpose program for the analysis of survey data generally and Census Bureau products specifically. The program has been used for a number of purposes at the Census Bureau. It is the production system for the variance calculations for the Current Population Survey (CPS), the source of the monthly unemployment rate and other labor force statistics. A number of other researchers have also used the program. It is freely available from the Census Bureau?s web site. This draft marks a renewed effort to document the program. A substantial predecessor draft, which continues to be available, has remained incomplete since 1995. The challenge of explaining the program and experience with users? questions convinced the author that fundamental simplifications in the syntax were required to make the program more accessible. Hence ...

Table of Contents
Table of Contents P. Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.P.1 1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose of VPLX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.1.1 1.2 The Standard Order for the CREATE Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.1.2 1.3 General Features of the New VPLX Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.1.9 1.4 The CREATE Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.1.10 1.5 Recommended File Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.1.11 1.6 Variable Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.1.12 1.7 A More Extensive Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.1.12 2. Recoding Variables in CREATE 2.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.2.1 2.2 Familiar Arithmetic Assignment Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.2.1 2.3 Familiar Functions in VPLX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.2.4 2.4 Set Assignment Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.2.5 2.5 Conditional Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.2.7 2.5.1 An Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.2.7 2.5.2 Arithmetic Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.2.8 2.5.3 Range Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.2.9 2.5.4 Logical Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.2.10 2.5.5 IF-THEN-ELSE Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.2.10 2.6 PRINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.2.13 2.7 Miscellaneous Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.2.14 2.7.1 MISSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.2.14 2.7.2 IDCHANGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.2.14 3. Categorizing and Cross-Classifying Data in CREATE 3.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.3.1 3.2 CATEGORICAL (CAT) Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.3.1 3.3 CLASS and BLOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.3.6 3.4 LABEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.3.11 3.5 BY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I.3.12

Book Id: WPLBN0000595752
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 29,332 KB.
Reproduction Date: 2005
Full Text

Title:

Vplx Program Documentation Volume 1: Introduction

Author:

Fay, Robert E.

Volume:

Language:

English

Subject:

Government publications, Census., Census report

Collection:

U.S. Census Bureau Collection

Subcollection:

Historic
Publication Date:

Publisher:

U.S. Census Bureau Department

Other Books I Looked at: Click to view all Books in my History

Vplx Program Documentation Volume 1: Int... (by Fay, Robert E.)
(200)

People also read these books: Click to view all Additional Books

1997 Census of Transportation Vehicle In... (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(200)
1997 Census of Transportation Vehicle In... (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(132)
1997 Census of Transportation Vehicle In... (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(118)
1997 Census of Transportation Vehicle In... (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(200)
1997 Census of Transportation Vehicle In... (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(175)
1997 Census of Transportation Vehicle In... (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(132)
1997 Census of Transportation Vehicle In... (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(200)
1997 Census of Transportation Vehicle In... (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(132)
1997 Census of Agriculture : Oklahoma (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(175)
1997 Census of Agriculture : Ohio (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(200)
1997 Census of Agriculture : New York (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(118)
1997 Census of Agriculture : Maine (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(132)

Other Books by Same Author: Click to view all books by Fay, Robert E.

Aspects of Survey and Model-Based Postce... (by Fay, Robert E.)
(200)
Evidence of Additional Erroneous Enumera... (by Fay, Robert E.)
(155)
Evidence of Additional Erroneous Enumera... (by Fay, Robert E.)
(175)
Evidence of Additional Erroneous Enumera... (by Fay, Robert E.)
(200)
Evidence of Additional Erroneous Enumera... (by Fay, Robert E.)
(118)
Small Domain Methodology for Estimating ... (by Fay, Robert E.)
(132)
Theory and Application of Nearest Neighb... (by Fay, Robert E.)
(200)
Variance Estimation for the 1995 Census ... (by Fay, Robert E.)
(132)
Vplx Program Documentation Volume 1: Int... (by Fay, Robert E.)
(200)

Other Books with Same Subject: Click to view all books in Government publications, Census., Census report

Census 2000 Accuracy and Coverage Evalua... (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(175)
Census 2000 Advertising Campaign (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(200)
Census 2000 Advertising Campaign (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(118)
Census 2000 Announcements for Congregati... (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(155)
Census 2000 Announcements for Congregati... (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(200)
Census 2000 Block Data Summary File (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(132)
Census 2000 Brief (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(118)
Census 2000 Census in Schools Program Ev... (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(200)
Census 2000 Coverage Edit Follow up Spec... (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(175)
Census 2000 Coverage Edit Follow up Spec... (by U. S. Census Bureau Department)
(132)