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PDQ-Explore

PDQ-Explore. Analyzing Poverty and Socioeconomic Trends. Requirements. PC (Not Mac) with Windows NT or later 128 MB RAM or more 100 MB Free Hard Disk Write access to installation drive USB Port (if using flash drive) Connection to Internet. Installation Note.

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PDQ-Explore

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  1. PDQ-Explore Analyzing Poverty and Socioeconomic Trends Analyzing Poverty Workshop June 23-27, 2008

  2. Requirements • PC (Not Mac) with Windows NT or later • 128 MB RAM or more • 100 MB Free Hard Disk • Write access to installation drive • USB Port (if using flash drive) • Connection to Internet Analyzing Poverty Workshop June 23-27, 2008

  3. Installation Note • PDQ-Explore is designed to run as a client on a PC that has Internet access to our PDQ server in Ann Arbor. • By default it installs in: C:\ProgramFiles\PDQ • NPC Computing lab machines do not allow write access to the C: drive. • Thus, PDQ-Explore has been installed on Drive H: (user IFS file space) and on Drive E: (external USB flash drive). Analyzing Poverty Workshop June 23-27, 2008

  4. Starting PDQ-Explore • Open My Computer and the H: Drive • Open the PDQ Folder • Double-Click on explore.exe • Or: Start, Run, h:\pdq\explore.exe • If using the flash drive, insert the flash drive in the USB port and proceed as above using Drive E: rather than Drive H:. • Note: The USB Drive letter is machine dependent Analyzing Poverty Workshop June 23-27, 2008

  5. Getting Started • Confirm server: pdq.psc.isr.umich.edu • No subscriber name/password is required • Enter/Enter/Enter until “Open” window • Double-Click on “npc” workspace • Expand “ipacs_all” data set • Expand “housing” or “person” • Browse through variable lists Analyzing Poverty Workshop June 23-27, 2008

  6. Set Up Query • Select a data set (ipacs_all). • Right click or click on the “Query” tab. • Click on “Setup New Expert Query.” • Setup window opens. • Fill in the blanks (see the following slides and related handouts). • Click on the “Results” tab. Analyzing Poverty Workshop June 23-27, 2008

  7. Filling in the Blanks – Example 1 • Query Name: Example 1 • Query Type: Tabulation • Universe/Selection: y2k=2006 • Row: statefip • Column: sex • Weight: <default> Analyzing Poverty Workshop June 23-27, 2008

  8. Filling in the Blanks – Example 2 • Query Name: Example 2 • Query Type: Tabulation • Universe/Selection: y2k=2006 • Row: statefip • Column: age>=65 • Weight: <default> Analyzing Poverty Workshop June 23-27, 2008

  9. Filling in the Blanks – Example 3 • Query Name: Example 3 • Query Type: Summary Stats • Universe/Selection: y2k=2006 • Row: statefip • Describe Expression: age • Weight: <default> Analyzing Poverty Workshop June 23-27, 2008

  10. Filling in the Blanks – Example 4 • Query Name: Example 4 • Query Type: Summary Stats • Universe/Sel: y2k=2006 & poverty>0 • Row: statefip • Describe Exp.: poverty • Weight: <default> Analyzing Poverty Workshop June 23-27, 2008

  11. Data Gotchas • You need to know your data: • Relevance to concerns • Variable names • Variable names • Codes • Limits, top codes • Missing and N/A Codes • Sense of reasonable and unreasonable Analyzing Poverty Workshop June 23-27, 2008

  12. PDQ-Explore Gotchas • You need to know what you can ignore. • Focus on tabulations and summary stats. • Large tables can be hard to interpret. • You need to understand the options: • Percentages • Totals • Sorting • Saving/Exporting/Printing Setups and Results Analyzing Poverty Workshop June 23-27, 2008

  13. Installing the PDQ-Explore Client • Download PDQ-Explore from: • www.pdq.com/products/download • Install in default C:\Program Files\PDQ Folder. • OR • Copy PDQ folder on the flash drive to C:\Program Files on desktop/laptop computer; • Create a desktop shortcut to the explore.exe file in the PDQ folder. Analyzing Poverty Workshop June 23-27, 2008

  14. Updating Files • Files to Update from Blog to the PDQ Folder: • ipacs_all.pdqCodebook • ipacs_all.pdqCustomItems • ipcps_all.pdqCodebook • ipcps_all.pdqCustomItems (Forthcoming) • Zipped npcx.pdqWorkspace folder • The zipped folder should be unzipped to the PDQ Folder. Analyzing Poverty Workshop June 23-27, 2008

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