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Join Richard Pinnell and Sandra Keys from the University of Waterloo Libraries as they introduce Nesstar, a robust web-based data extraction and analysis system. Discover how this tool provides access to over 700 datasets from Statistics Canada and various other data resources. The presentation will cover an overview of Nesstar, provide a live demo, and highlight actual teaching instances at UW. Learn how Nesstar can empower you to conduct sophisticated statistical analyses and access extensive datasets for research and education.
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Nesstar: A Web-based Data Extraction and Analysis System Richard Pinnell & Sandra Keys, University of Waterloo Libraries
Nesstar – Today’s Agenda • Introduction • EDS (UW’s Electronic Data Service) • Overview of Nesstar • Live Demo • Actual Teaching Instances of Nesstar at UW WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Overview • EDS: Electronic Data Service • http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/uweds/uweds.html WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Overview (cont’d) WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Overview (cont’d) • Our “Partners” • TDR (Tri-University Data Resources) • University of Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier (and of course, UW!) • Nesstar • SWORDC (SouthWestern Ontario Research Data Centre) • Statistics Canada • OCUL (Ontario Council of University Libraries) • Data in Ontario Group (DINO) • ODESI (Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure Initiative) WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Overview (cont’d) WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Overview (cont’d) • Consortia Participation • Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) • Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) • DMTI Spatial Geoconsortium • Etc. WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Overview (cont’d) • Other sources of data on campus • Spatial Data Catalog (Faculty of Environmental Studies) • Population Health Data Repository • ...and we’d love to link to more! WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Nesstar – What it is • Software: a web-based data extraction and analysis system • Over 700 datasets from Statistics Canada • …as well as access to other data resources • Dun & Bradstreet • International Monetary Fund • World Health Organization • Grouped by subject • Accessible from off-campus via Proxy Service WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Nesstar – What it is WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Nesstar – What it is • Raw data • StatsCan surveys • PUMFs (public use microdata files), synthetic files • Need to be downloaded to use (statistical software packages, Excel, etc.) • Low level/topical statistics • Census profiles, Topic-based Tabulations • Formats: B2020 files, Excel files WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Nesstar – What it is (not) • For high level/summary statistics, use • the Statistics Canada website – free for the general public (http://www.statcan.ca/menu-en.htm) • E-STAT (access via EDS page) • CANSIM @ CHASS (access via EDS page) WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Nesstar – What it is • Documentation • Abstracts • Codebooks and Record Layouts • Questionnaires • Etc. WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Nesstar – What it is WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Nesstar – What it is WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Nesstar – What it is • Metadata • Marked up using DDI (Data Documentation Initiative) • Searching • Simple • Advanced • Searching specific fields • Specifying retrieval at dataset or variable level WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Nesstar – What it is WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Nesstar – What it is WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Nesstar – What it is • Subsetting and Downloading • Download all or part of a dataset • Statistical Analysis • Frequency distribution, weighting, cross-tabulation, regression, etc. • Graphic representations, display of descriptive stats • Exporting Data • Various statistical packages (e.g., SPSS, SAS) • Spreadsheet (e.g., Excel, .csv) • Text file WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Nesstar – What it is • Quirks • Browser: compatible with any stable version of IE or Netscape • Pop-up blockers: downloading • Password: what/where is it anyway? • Searching: “stop” words, phrases, etc. • Help • From Nesstar • From Guelph (Viewlets – animated tutorials) • Contact local data service (e.g., UW EDS) WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Nesstar – What it is No!!! YES!!! WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Nesstar – Live Demo • For those viewing this presentation after the conference, we have included screenshots of the main features of the demo at the end of this powerpoint WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Nesstar - Actual Teaching Uses • REC 672 • Choose a dataset • Familiarize themselves with dataset by going through the documentation • Use the dataset to test the various statistical analysis topics discussed in class • Economics Research Papers • Use data from surveys WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Questions?? WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Thank You! • Richard Pinnell (rhpinnel@library.uwaterloo.ca) • Sandra Keys (skeys@library.uwaterloo.ca) • EDS Group (LibEDS@library.uwaterloo.ca) WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Nesstar – Live Demo Slides WatITis | Life After 50 | December 4, 2007 | Nesstar
Resources for Researchhttp://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/resources/
UW Electronic Data Servicewww.lib.uwaterloo.ca/uweds/uweds.html
Nesstar Splash Pagenesstar.tdr.uoguelph.ca/webview/index.jsp
