Define a Non-National Sampling Frame

To define a non-national sampling frame

Click the Define Non-National Geography button .

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On the Define Frame menu, point to Define Geographic.

Click a parameter other than National Selection, such as State. A Non-National Geographic Frame dialog box opens. The State tab is selected.

Include , Include All , Exclude , Exclude All , Remove , and Remove All are provided for convenience. Move between different geographic definitions by clicking on different tabs. The left box displays the individual parameters available within the geographic definitions.

Define the cell's geography. To select an item and move it into the Included box

Type the first character or two of the item into Quick Search box.
Do one of the following:

Click the item to select it. Click Include .
Double-click the item.

Multiple selections can be made in a few ways.

For non-successive items:

Select the first item by clicking it.
Then, while holding down the CTRL key, scroll to the other items and click them.

For successive items, do one of the following:

Select the first item, hold down the SHIFT key, scroll down, then click the last item.
Select the first item, then drag down to the last item.

Note: Items can be excluded by placing them in the Excluded box. Click Exclude or Exclude All .

After the cell has been defined, including Exchange Types and WB (Working Bank) Threshold , click Pull to retrieve the corresponding exchanges. A message displays the number of exchanges pulled that serve the defined geographic area.

(Click OK .)

The exchanges pulled can be viewed by clicking View Exch . 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 .

A View Exchange to be Sampled Report opens.

This report can be saved as a spreadsheet or as an ASCII file , or printed .