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	MERGE
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	THE FORTRAN PROGRAM MERGE IS INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT THE PROGRAM
	SURVEY, ENABLING THE USER TO COMBINE SEVERAL DATA FILES INTO
	ONE.  RESPONDENTS TO A QUESTIONNAIRE MAY BE DIVIDED INTO SETS
	IN ANY CONVENIENT MANNER AND A SEPARATE DATA FILE CREATED FOR
	EACH SET.  THESE FILES MAY THEN BE MERGED INTO ONE LARGE FILE
	FOR SUBSEQUENT TABULATION OR ANALYSIS BY THE PROGRAMS SORTER
	AND CROSS.


      PROGRAM MERGE

      DESCRIPTION
	THIS PROGRAM COMBINES UP TO 64 FILES OF RESPONSES TO THE SAME
	QUESTIONS BY DIFFERENT RESPONDENTS.

      SOURCE
	NORMAN W. JOHNSON, DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, WHEATON COLLEGE,
	NORTON, MASS.

      INSTRUCTIONS
	EACH SET OF CODED RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS SHOULD BE WRITTEN
	INTO AN ASCII DATA FILE BY THE PROGRAM SURVEY.  THE ORDER OF THE
	QUESTIONS SHOULD BE THE SAME IN EACH FILE, THOUGH IT IS PERMIS-
	SIBLE FOR SOME FILES TO HAVE EXTRA QUESTIONS AT THE END.

	THE PROGRAM WILL REQUEST THE NUMBER OF FILES TO BE MERGED AND
	THEIR NAMES.  THE NAME OF EACH FILE MAY BE ENTERED INDIVIDUALLY.
	ALTERNATIVELY, INSTEAD OF ENTERING A FILE NAME, THE USER MAY
	SIMPLY PRESS <RETURN>, IN WHICH CASE THE PROGRAM WILL ASSUME
	THAT SUCCEEDING FILES ARE NAMED "SET1", "SET2", ETC.  THE PRO-
	GRAM WILL ALSO ASK FOR THE NAME (NOT MORE THAN 5 CHARACTERS)
	THAT THE NEW DATA FILE IS TO HAVE AND FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE
	SURVEY (NOT MORE THAN 48 CHARACTERS).
