Statistical Export and Tabulation System SETS Overview and

Statistical Export and Tabulation System (SETS) Overview and Set. X Debut Ann Aikin and Bob Sloss 2004 Data Users Conference Session #16 U. S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics

Statistical Export and Tabulation System (SETS), One Solution § Public Health Service Act requires that: DHHS “publish, make available and disseminate such statistics on as wide a basis as is practicable. ” § Public Use Data Users also report wanting greater access to data and documentation. § Developed, owned, [Section 308 (242 m) (c) ] § § They want it to be low cost and easy to use. released in SETS format retains its original structure, codes, weights, values, field names, and documentation. and maintained by NCHS – no cost/license fees to NCHS or users.

Statistical Export and Tabulation System (SETS) History § 1991 - SETS developed § 1993 - Federal Leadership Award for “outstanding achievement in information systems” § 1996 - WINDOWS version of SETS § 2000 - Revision 805 released § 2004 - Set. X released for beta testing § Currently users can obtain more than 70 SETS CD-ROMS featuring NCHS data and documentation. § In the next six months, NCHS will release 4 -8 new data sets in the SETS version.

SETS User Affiliation *Other includes Congressional staff, policymakers, philanthropists, non-profits, contractors and consultants

SETS Features: An Overview § SETS Designer Kit § SETS ASCII Editor § SETS Interface § Searching SETS § Documentation files § field labels § code labels § Browsing Data File § Selecting Records § Recoding § Tabulating § Frequencies § Percents § Weights § Charting § Exporting/Extracting § SAS, SPSS, Excel, and more… § SETS Quick. Tab Generator Allows for speedier tabulations, without documentation files.

SETS Features: Designer Kit and Editor SETS Designer Kit § Build child sets § Or design your own! SETS Editor Powerful ASCII Editor —for editing large, complex data sets.

SETS Features: The SETS Interface § The SETS Interface —Data and documentation available together! § The interface is available on every SETS CD, on the NCHS Internet site (download), and on the SETS software CD. § Revision 805 is the most current version.

SETS Features: The SETS Interface Searching in SETS: Documents, fields and codes

SETS Features: The SETS Interface Browsing in SETS

SETS Features: The SETS Interface Selecting Records and Recoding Fields

SETS Features: The SETS Interface Tabulating: Frequencies, Percents, Rates and Weights

SETS Features: The SETS Interface Exporting and Extracting Data (SAS, SPSS, Excel, and more…)

Set. X: Meeting User Needs § Emerging need for more analytic tools in SETS § Need to add Internet components § Pressure to make table generation more user friendly § Other enhancements

Statistical Export and Tabulation System (SETS) Contacts SETS@cdc. gov Set. X@cdc. gov http: //www. cdc. gov/nchs/sets. htm http: //www. cdc. gov/nchs/about/other act/sets/listservsets. htm (919) 541 -4238

2004 Data Users Conference Session #16 Ann Aikin (301) 458 -4069 AAikin@cdc. gov Bob Sloss (301) 458 -4508 RSloss@cdc. gov Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics U. S. Department of Health and Human Services