The U.S. Census Bureau's International Programs Center for Technical Assistance will conduct an Intermediate CSPro workshop in Washington, DC from May 20 – 31, 2013. This workshop, for intermediate or advanced users of CSPro, will introduce features of the program that streamline the creation of dynamic and powerful applications. Participants will learn about ways to automate data processing tasks, how to design CAPI applications for enumeration on tablets, how to implement hotdecks for data editing, how to create advanced tables, and how to use CSPro's web dissemination tools. Participants will also learn from each other about how other organizations handle data processing tasks. To learn more about the workshop, view the announcement.

The CSPro Version Shifter is a new program posted on the Tools page. This program is designed for power users who have multiple versions of CSPro on their machines. It can change the registry to associate all of the CSPro files (.dcf, .ent, etc.) with an older version of CSPro. (Some users will have to run the tool in administrative mode to allow for this functionality.) The program can also change the version numbers embedded in CSPro files. This is useful if you want to make a newer application work in an older version of CSPro.

Yesterday we released version 5.0.2 of CSPro. There are only minor improvements in this version. We made some bug fixes that will allow CSPro to work on Windows 8 machines (but not Windows RT tablets). Also, we added a function, setoutput, that may be useful for people writing batch applications. An example of that function is given on the CSPro Users Forum.

Download the new version here, and as always, you can get older versions on the Software page.

Position listing: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/10698

The following is a temporary position for a Research Associate at the Carolina Population Center.

Salary: $30.00 - $48.00/per hour commensurate with experience

Duration of Appointment: 6 months or less

Close Date: December 7, 2012

Description of Work:

Write CAPI data collection instruments for use in longitudinal survey in 12 provinces in China. Test the instruments, coordinate field testing, revise as needed, and help train interviewers. Receive and track survey data arriving from China. Convert the data to SAS, clean, and document the raw data including harmonizing the data across multiple survey waves and cleaning household and individual identifiers to link across waves. Create complex analysis variables. Create cross-sectional and longitudinal files, document them, and prepare them for dissemination. May supervise another programmer if assistance is needed to meet project deadlines. Consult with faculty regularly about appropriate data cleaning and variable creation methods.

Education and Experience:

BA and 10 years managing complex databases using SAS, and 5 years managing complex survey databases. Demonstrated ability to write CSPro data collection/entry systems, and experience writing CAPI in any language (CSPro preferred). MS or MPH in a suitable field may be substituted for 1 year of experience. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with foreign nationals, and experience doing survey data collection internationally.

The application must be willing to travel to China.

Those of you with Windows 8 machines will soon find out that creating or running data entry applications using version 5.0.1 will cause CSPro to crash. We've fixed the problems, which will soon go out in the 5.0.2 release, but in the meantime, you can find out how to work around the problems in the CSPro Users forum.