SSDC Help

Our Mission

our mission

Viewing

Viewing files online
Viewing files with your own software
Downloading to View
Another way to view files (with Subset/Convert form)

Getting entire files

uncompressed files
compressed
software for uncompressing files
in Excel format (or dBase, RATS, SAS, SPSS, etc.)

Creating Subsets

Creating a subset of records (cases, rows, lines)
Creating a subset of variables (columns)

Codebooks and Other Documentation

What a codebook tells you (and what to look for)

File Formats

SSDC data file structure and formats
logical record length (rectangular file)
card image
hierarchical (relational)
time series

Glossaries

Glossary of Selected Social Science Computing Terms and Social Science Data Terms
Other, related glossaries