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User Guide

The DAS Windows User Guide is divided into the following 5 sections.
1. General Information
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What is the DAS?
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How does the DAS work?
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How often does the DAS get updated?
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Types of variables
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Components of a table
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About correlation matrices

2. System Information
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System Files
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Starting the DAS
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Changing the Systems Setup
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Survey Dataset Abbreviations

Using the DAS

The Main Window


Viewing and Searching for Variables
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Viewing Description/Percentage
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Printing Variable Information
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Navigating Through Variables
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Searching for Text


Working with Parameters
Bullet Creating a List of Parameters
Bullet Resizing the Parameter List Window
Bullet Editing a Parameter
Bullet Deleting a Parameter


Working with Parameter Files
Bullet Creating New Files
Bullet Importing Files
Bullet Editing Files
Bullet Saving Files
Bullet Editing Titles


Running Files and Getting Output
Bullet Getting Tables
Bullet Viewing Output Files


Frequently Asked Questions
How do I...
Bullet get a median?
Bullet pick the correct weight?
Bullet view the frequency distribution?
Bullet create a new variable?
Bullet print a list of all variables?
Bullet combine several categories for
a variable into a new category?
Bullet define a range from a continuous
variable as a row?
Bullet determine the distribution of a continuous variable?
Bullet define the subsample for estimates
based on a range of a continuous variable?
Bullet get grand totals when using a span tag?
Bullet get output files for my spreadsheet application?
Bullet adjust t-tests in regressions for design effect?


 
4. Tags
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All About Tags
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Systems Limitations


For Tables

Row Tags
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Row_Cat
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Bullet Row_Cut

Column Tags:
Single Percentages
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Bullet Mean
Bullet Average
Column Tags: Centile
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Column Tags:
Percentage Distribution
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Bullet Column_Cut
Bullet Column_Lump

Subtable Tags
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Bullet Span_Lump
Bullet Span_Cut

Variable Within
Column Subset Tags
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Bullet By_Lump
Bullet By_Cut

Filters and Weight
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Bullet Or_Filter
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For correlations
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Bullet Cut
Bullet Each
Bullet Lump
Bullet And_Filter
Bullet Or_Filter
Bullet Weight
5. Tutorials
Bullet Creating tables (forthcoming)
Bullet Creating Correlation matrices PDF (98 kb)


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