CANSIM II Multiplicity of Access CANSIM II: A 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 Darlene Fichter, University of Saskatchewan Libraries, December 6, 2001

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

Statistics Canada 4 Ways to Search Concordance List

1. Subject Display Windows Explorer Browse

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

Table Summary Information

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

Table # on Selection Screen links to Integrated Meta Data Base

Choose Table or Vectors 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

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2. Keyword Search

Features Your Keyword is highlighted.

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

CANSIM II via E-STAT Search CANSIM II

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

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

Output Specification

Many Output Formats

U of T CHASS Last Updated November 30, 2001

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

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

Concordance Converters Converts Matrix to Table, or Series to Vector

Example CANSIM II Table: 30001 AQUACULTURE, PRODUCTION AND VALUE CANSIM I Matrix Number(s): 02286    02287    02288    02289    02290    02291    02292    02293    02294    02295    02296    02297

Listing Table #30001

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

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

Search Screen Tables or Vector Titles

Search Result Set Size Terms E-Stat CHASS Pork 17 tables 153 vectors GDP / Gross Domestic Product 49 / 56 tables 1185/1264 vectors 45 /45 tables Migrant 1 table 24,545 vectors (pattern match as part of word) 50 tables (Exact word match – need to select)

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

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

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

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