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title: Summary Methods - Data Collection and Analysis
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# Data

### What data sets are you using?

We are using the 2023 RDS (Respondent-Driven Sampling) and PSD (Puget Sound Data) datasets.
We are using the 2023 UW RDS (Respondent-Driven Sampling) and UW PSD (Puget Sound Data) datasets.

### What did you do to prepare the data?

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- **GitHub**: Manages version control and collaboration.
- **Interoperability**: R Studio integrates with GitHub for version control through the RStudio IDE, allowing seamless collaboration and tracking of changes in scripts and data processing functions.

## Processes
# Processes

### What does your workflow or pipeline look like?

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- Combined the functions into a unified script.
- Ran the script to generate cleaned dataframes for subsequent analyses.

## Analyses
# Analyses

### What approaches did you try that didn’t work? What analyses did you end up sticking with?

- **Successful Approaches**: The final approach involved using standardized functions to clean and harmonize data, resulting in reliable datasets for analysis. We then apply the RDS-II estimators and bootstrap methods for robust statistical analysis.

## Limitations
# Limitations

### What are the shortcomings of your approach? How can your work be improved?

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- **Ongoing Harmonization**: Continuously review and update column standardization procedures to address any emerging inconsistencies.
- **Tool Flexibility**: Consider incorporating additional tools or methods to improve interoperability and address any potential limitations of the primary tools used.

## Survey Design and Sampling
# Survey Design and Sampling

### Survey Design

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- **Respondent-Driven Sampling (RDS):** Utilized for individuals without addresses, with a focus on network-based sampling.
- **Household Survey:** Randomized sampling approach for individuals with addresses.

**Survey Phases:**
### **Survey Phases:**

1. **Initial Screener:** Approximately 5 minutes, interviewer-administered, with a $20 gift card and two Metro bus tickets.
2. **Individual Interview:** About 30 minutes, self-administered via tablet, with an additional $10 gift card as incentive.
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