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Statistical Export and Tabulation System (SETS) Overview
and SetX Debut
Ann Aikin and Bob Sloss2004 Data Users Conference Session #16
U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesCenters for Disease Control and PreventionNational 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.”[Section 308 (242m) (c) ]
Users also report wanting greater access to data and documentation.
They want it to be low cost and easy to use.
Public Use Data released in SETS format retains its original structure, codes, weights, values, field names, and documentation.
Developed, owned, 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 - SetX 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
Commerical
Academic
Media
Library
Other*
Health Provider
State and Local Government
Federal Government
*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 QuickTab GeneratorAllows for speedier tabulations, without documentation files.
SETS Features: Designer Kit and EditorSETS Designer Kit
Build child sets
Or design your own!
SETS EditorPowerful 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 InterfaceSearching in SETS: Documents, fields
and codes
SETS Features: The SETS InterfaceBrowsing in SETS
SETS Features: The SETS Interface
Selecting Records and Recoding
Fields
SETS Features: The SETS InterfaceTabulating: Frequencies,
Percents, Rates and Weights
SETS Features: The SETS Interface
Exporting and Extracting Data(SAS, SPSS, Excel, and more…)
SetX: 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)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/sets.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/sets/listservsets.htm
(919) 541-4238
Ann Aikin (301) 458-4069 [email protected]
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionNational Center for Health StatisticsU.S. Department of Health and Human Services
2004 Data Users Conference Session #16
Bob Sloss (301) 458-4508 [email protected]