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Over nine years of research experience in social science and public health research, who specializes large scale survey design and analysis, and data quality in various forms and tools of research work with Quantitative as well as Qualitative techniques and then last five years I have developed data entry and tabulation package in CSPro for various large scale surveys in India as well outside India. Presently I am working as Consultant State Data Manager in UNICEF Chhattisgarh (Through PDCSL).

Friday, November 19, 2010

Managing data using CSPro

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What is CSPro?


It is an acronym for Census and Survey Processing System
The software was jointly developed by the U.S. Census Bureau, Macro International and Serpro SA.
Development of the software was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Features of CSPro


It combines the features of an Integrated Microcomputer Processing System (IMPS) and the Integrated System for Survey Analysis (ISSA) in a Windows environment.

It doesn’t run under other operating systems such as Linux or Mac OS.

Who needs CSPro?


Individuals and institutions that collect, analyze, and publish census and survey data.

What is it used for?


It is a software package used to process data from censuses and surveys, both large or small.

Used for entry, editing, tabulation and dissemination of census and survey data.

What are CSPro’s capabilities?


The software is capable of doing the following;

Process census and survey data

Enter, modify and verify data

Manipulate data files

Tabulate data

Create thematic maps

Use and share external files

Examine data files

Interactive editing

Examine results of editing

Capron Modules

CSPro comes in the following modules:

Data entry applications

Batch edit applications

Cross Tabulation applications

Tools