PMO 595 Introduction to Complex Sample Survey Analysis
This course is developed to enable the students to do basic statistical analysis based on the complex surveys with sample weights. Such population complex surveys have been conducted in U.S. for civilians and military personnel. Well-known surveys are: the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANSES III) funded by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and surveys of Health-Related Behaviors among Military Personnel (HRB) funded by the Department of Defense (DOD). A real data extracted from one of the HRB will be used to illustrate the concepts in complex surveys and related statistical analyses. Statistical software, SAS-callable SUDAAN (by performing the statistical analysis of complex survey under the SAS environment) using SAS will be taught. Prior knowledge in using SAS, one of the popular statistical software is not required, although it is preferred. Lectures, labs for statistical analysis using SUDAAN, and written assignment for homework problems will be used throughout the course.
Prerequisite
PMO 504 or Approval of the Course Director