SUDAAN(Survey Data Analysis)统计软件是专门针对流行病学调查中复杂抽样的数据进行数据分析的统计学软件包,它可以对调查数据通过加权的方式进行统计学校正,从而提高了分析结果的精确度.该软件是美国北卡三角研究所(Research Triangle Institute in Cary,NC)于上世纪70年代研制开发的一种统计分析软件.该软件经过不断发展和改进,目前版本为SUDAAN 9.0.SUDAAN软件不仅可用于Windows操作系统,也可用于Linux操作系统;该软件有两种版本,一是独立运行版本,二是在SAS软件环境下运行的版本
Product Description There are very few books available that are aimed at quantitative scientists from diverse disciplines who need to learn specialized techniques, including the use of software, for complex sample survey data analysis. This book presents an introduction to basic and intermediate techniques for survey data analysis, suitable for a range of scientists, and focuses on the implementation of these methods in a range of specialized software packages. It is illustrated throughout by examples using public release datasets, and describes how to write input programs for these methods, and how the output should be interpreted. The author has given a large number of workshops for scientists on the use of software for sample survey data analysis, and is well placed to produce an excellent book on the topic.