CSPro
Overview
Public domain
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statistical package developed by the U.S. Census Bureau, Macro International (now ICF International
ICF International
ICF International , formerly known as ICF Consulting, is a management, technology, and policy consulting firm based in Fairfax, Virginia...
), and Serpro S.A. Its major funding was from the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The software can be used for entering, editing, tabulating, mapping, and disseminating census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
and survey
Statistical survey
Survey methodology is the field that studies surveys, that is, the sample of individuals from a population with a view towards making statistical inferences about the population using the sample. Polls about public opinion, such as political beliefs, are reported in the news media in democracies....
data. This package is widely used by statistical agencies in developing countries.
CSPro was designed and implemented through a joint effort among the developers of the "Integrated Microcomputer Processing System" (IMPS) and the Integrated System for Survey Analysis (ISSA): the United States Census Bureau, Macro International, and Serpro S.A.
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