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CSPro Workshop in PSI India

1. Census and Survey Processing System ( CSPro ) Workshop P.Prabhu Manager Research 5 th August 2013

2. The C ensus and S urvey Pro cessing System ( CSPro ) is a free software package for entering, editing, tabulating, and disseminating data from censuses and other surveys. PAGE 2 What is CSPro ?

3. CSPro was designed and implemented through a joint effort among the developers of Integrated Microcomputer Processing System (IMPS) and Integrated System for Survey Analysis ( ISSA): the United States Census Bureau, Macro International, and Serpro , S.A. Funding for the development is provided by the Office of Population of the United States Agency for International Development. CSPro is designed to eventually replace both IMPS and ISSA.  PAGE 3 History

4. CSPro 2.0 (the first version) released on May 5, 2000 CSPro 3.x (2005) included a much more powerful tabulation system CSPro 4.0 (2008) added support for PDA devices Most recent version ( CSPro 4.1) released on May 5, 2011 CSPro 4.1 (2011) added additional tools for CAPI operations on portable computers such as tablets CSPro 5.1 (July, 2012) CSPro 5.2 Latest version (December, 2012) PAGE 4 Release History

5. Used in over 160 countries by: National Statistical Offices NGOs Universities Hospitals Militaries Businesses PAGE 5 Worldwide Use

6. With low-cost computers proliferating (tablets, smartphones), will there be another paradigm shift in the future ? The Android support first beta version will be released at the end of the year. And the production version will be available in 2014. PAGE 6 Future?

7. Strengths CSPro is free and will be forever Works on any modern machine with Microsoft Windows Has been tested and used for over ten years Can export data to major statistical software formats, and often is used in combination with other programs Flat file, text-based format Weaknesses No way to turn applications into Internet applications Not compliant with common database programs and languages, e.g., SQL Only one user can write to a file at any given time PAGE 7 Strengths and Weaknesses

8. CSPro Utilities Sort Data File Tabulate Frequencies Text, Table, & Map Viewer Concatenate Data Files Reformat Data Compare Data Files Export Data Various Conversions

9. Primary CSPro Components Dictionaries (. dcf ) Forms (. fmf ) Data Files (. dat ) Applications (. ent and .bch ) Tabulation (. xtb ) All CSPro files are stored in ASCII format

10. Moving to next PSI