SAS
SAS (pronounced "sass") is the name of one of the world's largest software development corporations. Originally an acronym for "statistical analysis software," SAS was created by Jim Goodnight, John Sail, and other researchers at North Carolina State University in the early 1970s. What began as a locally developed set of programs for agricultural research quickly became so popular that in 1976 the SAS Institute was formed in Raleigh, North Carolina, to meet the growing demand. The company immediately formed an alliance with IBM and created the first SAS Users Group International (SUGI), which continues to provide assistance to SAS users, distribute newsletters, maintain a popular Web site and hold conferences throughout the world.
Within 5 years, SAS outgrew its original site and moved to its current ...
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Reader's Guide
Ethical Issues In Survey Research
Measurement - Interviewer
Measurement - Mode
Measurement - Questionnaire
Measurement - Respondent
Measurement - Miscellaneous
Nonresponse - Item-Level
Nonresponse - Outcome Codes And Rates
Nonresponse - Unit-Level
Operations - General
Operations - In-Person Surveys
Operations - Interviewer-Administered Surveys
Operations - Mall Surveys
Operations - Telephone Surveys
Political And Election Polling
Public Opinion
Sampling, Coverage, And Weighting
Survey Industry
Survey Statistics
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Research Methods
