topic Re: Couldn't find demo_BP dataset (NHANES) in SAS Programming

Couldn't find demo_BP dataset (NHANES)

seamoh — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 13:31:26 GMT

Hi all of my friends in the community, I hope this message finds all of you well.

I am practicing the following task from NHANES

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/tutorials/nhanes/Preparing/CleanRecode/Task1.htm

but I couldn't find the source doe mentioned in the animation and the tutorial, then I tried to find the demo_BP dataset too, I couldn't find it either.

Thank you very much

I am looking forward to your answer.

Re: Couldn't find demo_BP dataset (NHANES)

Cynthia_sas — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 13:42:27 GMT

Hi:
That is a CDC tutorial. If no one here has used that tutorial or has an answer you may want to look for help on the CDC site.
Cynthia

Re: Couldn't find demo_BP dataset (NHANES)

Reeza — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 16:20:03 GMT

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/tutorials/environmental/preparing/download/index.htm

It's a bit of a mess but it seems to be all there.

Re: Couldn't find demo_BP dataset (NHANES)

ballardw — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 18:00:02 GMT

Having worked with and around CDC for nearly 23 years I have found that they have a hard time maintaining their websites and links. Sometimes if you know what a file name should be you can use the search the website tool to find "misplaced" items.

It may also be a good idea to see if you can find the "vintage" of anything you use. If any of the files are more than a couple years old you are likely to encounter renamed actual files "Demonstration_BP" instead of "Demo_BP" or pages. Sometimes start at the top level of a project like NHANES and check other link trees.

Re: Couldn't find demo_BP dataset (NHANES)

seamoh — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 21:44:30 GMT

Hello and thank you very much for your reply, you are completely right, they need to just put a link to the related dataset and SAS source file in each task tutorial, I just sent them an email as follows

I am practicing the following task from NHANES

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/tutorials/nhanes/Preparing/CleanRecode/Task1.htm

but I couldn't find the source doe mentioned in the animation and the tutorial, then I tried to find the demo_BP dataset too, I couldn't find it either.

Unfortunately, there isn't a link in Task tutorials to the Source file and dataset. there are just links to the animations. my request is to insert a link to the sas source file and the related dataset (fro example demo_BP) in each task tutorial, in this case you will help me and other users a lot.

Thank you very much

Deeply appreciated,

I hope this email works, I think if you send them an email, they will notice it and will correct it.

Thank you again for your reply