The DMAC and M&E Methods Centers

present:

Approaches to Generating and Formatting Impact Analyses: 

SAS

Louise Hadden and Ryan Kling, Presenters

In graduate school we learn the theory of doing analysis and minimal software skills to do the analyses on toy data sets.  Then we come to Abt and find out that we are actually expected to do these tasks on large data sets, with dozens (or hundreds) of outcomes, and with bells and whistles in the analysis (e.g., robust standard errors, testing for heterogeneity in subgroup impacts).  Then, once we have the results, we’re expected to generate pretty tables that can be dropped easily into reports and presentations—with minimal reformatting and no loss of accuracy.   Help!!!

The M&E and DMAC Methods Centers are here to help. These presentations were crafted to present strategies for regularizing these analyses, such that the coding is consistent and the formatting of output useful.  Examples will be taken from a variety of past and present projects.  We will also be soliciting YOUR thoughts and ideas! 

The first presentation on October 24th considered issues using Stata as an analytic tool; this second presentation will consider issues using SAS as an analytic tool.   The basic concepts will be the same in each presentation, but as each analytic tool offers its own challenges, the strategies detailed will be different in each presentation.

Presentation slides are available on the Methods Center webpage, here:

http://blogs.cam.abtassoc.com/MethodsCenters/?page_id=2653

Tuesday, November 5, 2013 12:00 – 1:00 PM

Potomac Room, Bethesda; Ramp Room 3, Cambridge; and Hatteras Room, Durham

Telecommuters, please call in:

Domestic telecommuters: 1-888-446-7584

International telecommuters: 1-212-372-3742

Participant code:  8350358

To view the slides:

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/208320801

Meeting ID: 208-320-801