SIZE Statement

The SURVEYSELECT Procedure

SIZE Statement

SIZE variable ;

The SIZE statement names one and only one size measure variable, which contains the size measures to be used when sampling with probability proportional to size. The SIZE variable must be numeric. When the value of an observation's SIZE variable is missing or nonpositive, that observation has no chance of being selected for the sample.

The SIZE statement is required for all PPS selection methods, which include METHOD=PPS, METHOD=PPS_BREWER, METHOD=PPS_MURTHY METHOD=PPS_SAMPFORD, METHOD=PPS_SEQ, METHOD=PPS_SYS, and METHOD=PPS_WR.

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