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CANSIM II Multiplicity of Access

CANSIM II Multiplicity of Access. Darlene Fichter, University of Saskatchewan Libraries COPPUL Data Library Workshop December 5-6, 2001 University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta. CANSIM II. Three Choices Statistics Canada site E-STAT CHASS What works best when?

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CANSIM II Multiplicity of Access

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  1. CANSIM II Multiplicity of Access Darlene Fichter, University of Saskatchewan Libraries COPPUL Data Library Workshop December 5-6, 2001 University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta

  2. CANSIM II Three Choices • Statistics Canada site • E-STAT • CHASS What works best when? Converting from CANSIM 1 to 2 • Concordance Tables

  3. Statistics Canada 4 Ways to Search Concordance List

  4. 1. Subject Display Windows Explorer Browse

  5. Tables • Active & Terminated • Also have the word “Terminated” at the end in case you scroll by and miss the subheading! • Each table has a Summary

  6. Table Summary Information

  7. Selection Screen More Information about the Table (IMDB) Select Characteristics

  8. Table # on Selection Screen links to Integrated Meta Data Base

  9. Choose Table or Vectors • Table • Great for students who just need to print off a table • Vector (Series) • Choose individual vectors (series) or submit all • Save the page and resubmit later

  10. Asked to Pay!

  11. 2. Keyword Search

  12. Features Your Keyword is highlighted.

  13. 3 & 4. Search by Table Number / Series Number 001-0003

  14. CANSIM II via E-STAT Search CANSIM II

  15. E-Stat – Currency/Coverage Same choices as Statistics Canada Link to Concordance List, only MATRIX to TABLE

  16. E-STAT – Same Series • E-STAT ends at 1999 • Statistics Canada ends at 2000 • E-STAT is updated every summer so the number of series may differ from live CANSIM II. Right now the E-STAT site says 700,000 vs. Statistics Canada/CHASS at 1.2 million

  17. Output Specification

  18. Many Output Formats

  19. U of T CHASS Last Updated November 30, 2001

  20. CANSIM II – CHASS - Currency • Will be updated weekly after January 1, 2002 • CANSIM II can currently be accessed for testing purposes at http://datacenter2.chass.utoronto.ca/cansim2/index.jsp

  21. CHASS & CANSIM • In April 2000 Statistics Canada released CANSIM II - an enhanced view of the CANSIM database, containing more series (over 1.2 million) • CANSIM 1 just one view – time, CANSIM II – multidimensional view • CANSIM I - to which updates will be discontinued as of January 1, 2002 but retained for historical reasons

  22. Concordance Converters Converts Matrix to Table, or Series to Vector

  23. Example • CANSIM II Table: 30001 AQUACULTURE, PRODUCTION AND VALUE • CANSIM I Matrix Number(s): 022860228702288022890229002291022920229302294022950229602297

  24. Listing Table #30001

  25. Two Entries • NEWFOUNDLAND; TOTAL AQUACULTURE; DOLLARS [V110744] • BRITISH COLUMBIA; TOTAL AQUACULTURE; DOLLARS [V110745]

  26. Search Options • Search CANSIM II Catalogues • Series or Table titles, AND OR, case insensitive • Alphabetical Listing / Sequential Listing a • Access a CANSIM II table by number • Access CANSIM II series by label • Retrieve a single CANSIM II series by label • Retrieve multiple CANSIM II series by label

  27. Search Screen Tables or Vector Titles

  28. Search Result Set Size

  29. With the Current Defaults (Vector) • CHASS returns very large sets • CHASS’ default to vector searching using “pattern” matching anywhere in the word can be useful for power searchers but may confuse novices by increase set size

  30. CHASS Results: Newfoundland Familiar looking description of the series Retrieval Form that also looks very similar to CANSIM I

  31. Retrieval Form • Shows CANSIM 1 number • Output formats: • Plain text • Spreadsheet • CSV, • SASS, Shazam, SPSS, RATS • TSP, TSPterse

  32. Questions? • Darlene Fichter Data Library Services U of S Library http://library.usask.ca/data/

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