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Define a National Sampling Frame
Options exist for 48 and 50 states, both with and without Washington,
D.C.
To define a national sampling frame
- Create a new project or open an existing project.
- Create a new cell.
- Click the Define
National Geography button
.
-- or --
On the Define
Frame menu, point to Define Geographic,
then click National Selection.
A Define
National Geography Frame dialog box opens.
As the cell is defined, Pull
, View Exch
, and Print
become available.
- Select
items from the list on the left, then click Add
.
- Set the Exchange
Types
and WB Threshold
as needed.
- To set the
Exchange Types, click the adjacent Ellipsis
button
. A View Exchanges dialog box opens.
- Select options from
the Database Variables group box.
To view or save the
data, click View
or Save As
, which are
located in the Quick Exchanges
group box. Click OK
.
- For
the WB (Working Bank)
Threshold, type a number.
- Click
Pull
to retrieve
the corresponding exchanges. A message
displays the number of exchanges that were pulled for the defined area.
(Click OK
.)
- Click Print
to open a Geographic Definition Report.
- Click Close
to close the Define
National Geography Frame dialog box.
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