'%svy_freqs': A Generic SAS Macro for Creating Publication-Quality Three-Way Cross-Tabulations
Cross-tabulations are a simple but important tool for understanding the distribution of socio-demographic characteristics among participants in epidemiological studies. We developed a generic SAS macro, '%svy_freqs', to create publication-quality tables from cross-tabulations between a fac...
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| description | Cross-tabulations are a simple but important tool for understanding the distribution of socio-demographic characteristics among participants in epidemiological studies. We developed a generic SAS macro, '%svy_freqs', to create publication-quality tables from cross-tabulations between a factor and a by-group variable given a third variable using survey or non-survey data. The macro also performs two-way cross-tabulations and provides extra features not available in existing procedures such as ability to incorporate parameters for survey design and replication-based variance estimation methods, performing validation checks for input parameters, transparently formatting variable values from character into numeric and allowing for generalizability. We demonstrate the macro using the 2013–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a complex survey designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-93b1751975f84c318fb500a055c9d5942022-12-21T20:07:16ZengUbiquity PressJournal of Open Research Software2049-96472021-10-019110.5334/jors.318260'%svy_freqs': A Generic SAS Macro for Creating Publication-Quality Three-Way Cross-TabulationsJacques Muthusi0Peter W. Young1Samuel Mwalili2Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NairobiDivision of Global HIV and Tuberculosis, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MaputoStrathmore University, NairobiCross-tabulations are a simple but important tool for understanding the distribution of socio-demographic characteristics among participants in epidemiological studies. We developed a generic SAS macro, '%svy_freqs', to create publication-quality tables from cross-tabulations between a factor and a by-group variable given a third variable using survey or non-survey data. The macro also performs two-way cross-tabulations and provides extra features not available in existing procedures such as ability to incorporate parameters for survey design and replication-based variance estimation methods, performing validation checks for input parameters, transparently formatting variable values from character into numeric and allowing for generalizability. We demonstrate the macro using the 2013–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a complex survey designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States.https://openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/articles/318sas macrodisease prevalencethree-way crosstabulationsreproducible researchreplication-based variance estimation |
| spellingShingle | Jacques Muthusi Peter W. Young Samuel Mwalili '%svy_freqs': A Generic SAS Macro for Creating Publication-Quality Three-Way Cross-Tabulations Journal of Open Research Software sas macro disease prevalence three-way crosstabulations reproducible research replication-based variance estimation |
| title | '%svy_freqs': A Generic SAS Macro for Creating Publication-Quality Three-Way Cross-Tabulations |
| title_full | '%svy_freqs': A Generic SAS Macro for Creating Publication-Quality Three-Way Cross-Tabulations |
| title_fullStr | '%svy_freqs': A Generic SAS Macro for Creating Publication-Quality Three-Way Cross-Tabulations |
| title_full_unstemmed | '%svy_freqs': A Generic SAS Macro for Creating Publication-Quality Three-Way Cross-Tabulations |
| title_short | '%svy_freqs': A Generic SAS Macro for Creating Publication-Quality Three-Way Cross-Tabulations |
| title_sort | svy freqs a generic sas macro for creating publication quality three way cross tabulations |
| topic | sas macro disease prevalence three-way crosstabulations reproducible research replication-based variance estimation |
| url | https://openresearchsoftware.metajnl.com/articles/318 |
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