DAS Website - User Help Center

DAS Online Help is divided into the following 3 sections. You can also view these files by clicking the Help button in the DAS Online application.


	What is the DAS?
	How does the DAS work?
	How often does the DAS get updated?
	Types of variables
	Components of a table
	About correlation matrices
	Getting technical assistance


The Main Window
Viewing and Searching for Variables
	Viewing Variables
	Searching for Variables
	Viewing Variable Descriptions/Percentages
Working with Parameters
	Creating Parameters
	Editing Parameters
	Deleting Parameters
Working with Parameter Files
	Creating Files
	Importing Files
	Editing Files
	Saving Files
Running Files and Getting Output
	Running Files
	Printing Tables
	Saving Output Files
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I...
How do I...
	get a median?
	pick the correct weight?
	view the frequency distribution?
	create a new variable?
	print a list of all variables?
	combine several variable categories into a new category?
	define a range from a continuous variable as a row?
	determine the distribution of a continuous variable?
	define the subsample for estimates based on a range of a continuous variable?
	get grand totals when using a span tag?
	get output files for my spreadsheet application?


	About Tags
For Tables
Row Tags
	Row_Cat
	Row_Lump
	Row_Cut
Column Tags: Single Percentages
	Percent>
	Mean
	Average
	Sum
Column Tags: Centile
	Centile
	Centile>0
Column Tags: Percentage Distribution
	Column_Cat
	Column_Cut
	Column_Lump
Subtable Tags
	Span_Cat
	Span_Lump
	Span_Cut
Variable Within Column Subset Tags
	By_Cat
	By_Lump
	By_Cut
Filters and Weights:
	About Filters
	And_Filter
	Or_Filter
	Weight