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NHANES I Web Tutorial A-Z Index

This index lists, in alphabetical order, the key concepts and terms used in the NHANES I tutorial. With each term is the module title and the page it can be found on. Click the hyperlinked module and page title to go the module's homepage, then  click the corresponding page link on the module homepage. Some terms have references to other terms in the A-Z Index instead of hyperlinks to modules. These terms' hyperlinks are prefaced with "see." Clicking the hyperlink will move the page to the section where you can find the referenced term.

NUMBERS AND PUNCTUATION
  (blank), Clean & Recode Data, Key Concepts about Missing Data in NHANES I

. (period), Clean & Recode Data, Key Concepts about Missing Data in NHANES I

* Weighting, Overview: Key Concepts about Weighting in NHANES I

**  Weighting, Overview: Key Concepts about Weighting in NHANES

***  Weighting, Overview: Key Concepts about Weighting in NHANES

****  Weighting, Overview: Key Concepts about Weighting in NHANES

"8", "88", "888", "8888", or "88888", see "blank, but applicable" response
"9", "99", "999", "9999", or "99999", see "refused" response

A
add variables, see merge data
Adobe Acrobat
   search feature, Locate Variables, How to Decide which NHANES I Variables to Include by Checking the Documentation

B
"blank, but applicable response", Clean & Recode Data, Key Concepts about Missing Data in NHANES I
Balanced Repeat Replication (BRR) Method, Variance Estimation

C
categorical variable, Clean & Recode Data, How to Recode Variables Based on Alternate Definitions in NHANES I
check contents, Keep & Merge Datasets, How to Keep NHANES I Data
check distribution, Clean & Recode, Check Distributions and Describe the Impact of Influential Outliers
codebook, see tape description
continuous variable
     creating categorical variable from a, Clean & Recode Data, How to Recode Variables Based on Alternate Definitions in NHANES I