User Support

User Support Information

NDACAN staff provides free support for users of the datasets it distributes. Our support can address issues such as importing the data to your analysis program, clarification of variable labels, or problems with the data as delivered. NDACAN staff cannot, however, replace the role of a statistical analyst or a faculty advisor. Before writing to NDACANsupport@cornell.edu for assistance with data, please review the support resources provided in this User Support section.

This pages lists support resources for data users according to which statistical program they may be using and begins with information relevant to all users. The side navigation area contains links to dataset-specific support information.

All Users

• Checklist for Preliminary Secondary Analysis
• How to Convert Dates from Text to Date Format using SPSS (PDF)

SPSS Users

• How to Open a Portable File (.por) Using SPSS (PDF)
• How to Merge Two Data Files When Both Files Contain One Record Per Participant, Using SPSS (PDF)
• How to Import a Text Data File using SPSS Import Statements (PDF)

SAS Users

• How to Merge Two Data Files When Both Files Contain One Record Per Participant, Using SAS (PDF)
• How to Import Text Data Using a SAS Import Program (PDF)
• SAS User Alert

STATA Users

• How to Merge Two Data Files When Both Files Contain One Record Per Participant, Using STATA (PDF)

R Users

• R Code for Importing SPSS Data Files (PDF)
• R Code for Importing Tab Delimited Files (PDF)

Merging the NYTD Outcomes File with the AFCARS Foster Care File

• Merging the NYTD Outcomes Data File with the AFCARS Foster Care Data File using SPSS
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• Merging the NYTD Outcomes File with the AFCARS Foster Care File, using Stata (PDF)
  
• Merging the NYTD Outcomes File with the AFCARS Foster Care File, using SPSS (PDF)
  
• Merging the NYTD Outcomes File with the AFCARS Foster Care File, using SAS (PDF)