Raw Data files
These files and sub-directories are currently stored in the \System\Rawdata\8yr\ directory, and the list below refers to files and sub-directories within this directory.
The Access database has been periodically updated to keep it in the most recent Access format, to avoid software compatibility issues. Nevertheless, the essential data from the tables are also stored in exported "copies" in the form of the csv files in the Export folder.
- 8yr.accdb. This is the Access database
file (2007 format) containing all the aggregated and cleaned 8 Year raw
data. This is now treated as the master copy of the data, and is the source
of data used in the analysis dataset. The important tables in the database
are:
- Questionnaire - data from the 8 Year parent questionnaire
- yr8Progress - admin data relating to the 8 Year study, such as return dates. This table was originally in the TEDS admin database.
- \Export\ subdirectory, containing exported
8 Year raw data files.
These csv files have been exported from the Access database described above, for the purpose of making the analysis dataset. The files are called:- Questionnaire.csv (questionnaire data)
- 8yrAdmin.csv (admin data)
Dataset files
These files are currently stored in the \System\Datasets\8yr\ directory. The following list refers to items within this directory:
- Hdb9456.sav - the SPSS version of the 8 Year dataset
- \working files\ - this subdirectory contains various intermediate files, saved during the process of converting the raw data into the dataset. These files include working datasets H1merge, H2double, H3derive, H4label (all .sav files), saved at the end of scripts 1 to 4; also a copy of the final dataset Hdb9456.
Syntax files (scripts)
These files are currently stored in the
\System\Scripts\8yr\ directory.
Note that these are SPSS syntax files. The names of the scripts are
H1_merge, H2_double, H3_derive, H4_label (all .sps
files). The
processing
carried out by these scripts is described on another page.