Technical and Software Requirements

Viewing the Tutorial

To view the tutorial, you will need the following:

• An Internet browser configured to allow pop-up windows;
• A monitor resolution of 800x600 pixels or greater;
• Adobe Acrobat Reader; and
• Adobe Flash 8 or higher player.

Speakers attached to the computer are not required to view the tutorial. However, they are necessary if you want to hear the audio narration that goes with each demonstration.

How do I get the free Adobe Acrobat Reader?

You can download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader from Adobe's website.

All NHANES documentation is in Acrobat .PDF format. You will need the Reader to view and read the documentation that accompanies the data files.

 

How do I get the free Adobe Flash 8 or greater player?

You can download the free Adobe Flash player from Adobe's website.

All of the tutorial animations are in Flash .SWF format. To view them you will need the Flash player. However, you do not have to view the animations to complete the tutorial, they are an additional method of delivery if you want to view them.

 

Running Sample Code

These requirements apply only to modules with sample code. You must have a software license to run these SAS and/or SUDAAN on your personal computer. If you do not wish to run the code in the tutorial you may view the demonstration of the code instead. Program code used in this tutorial follow procedures available in SAS 9.1, or SAS 8.0 and SUDAAN 9.0 , or SUDAAN 8.0

• SUDAAN (Version 9 .0; Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC) and/or
• SAS Version 9.1 (Version 8.02; SAS Institute Inc, Cary, NC) statistical software

The sample code is all SAS or SAS-executable SUDAAN code and the sample datasets provided in this tutorial are SAS datasets for Windows. If you are using a Macintosh or Unix computer, you should download the data files from the NHANES web pages, as these are in SAS transport format (.XPT), and can be extracted and used on Windows, Macintosh or Unix computers.

In Module 10: Save a Dataset, you will also need Microsoft Excel to complete Task 2: Save NHANES data to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet with SAS. If you do not already have Microsoft Excel, you can read more about it at Microsoft's website.