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In addition to exporting statistics and analysis results in a text and spreadsheet format, you can now also use a semicolon-separated format. This makes the export option more flexible.

When Sikt and Statistics Norway launched microdata.no in 2018, we wanted to make it faster and easier to access important registry data. Now, after a few years with project-based improvements, we focus on ensuring that the user communities get the most possible value from the service. We mark the transition by showing what the service…

The Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) is a statistical method used to estimate causal effect in situations where a treatment or intervention is assigned based on a specific threshold or cutoff point in a continuous variable.

A new tool makes it quick and easy to find the scripts you are looking for. Access the tool via a shortcut or through the script menu We recommend the shortcut ctrl + shift + f, but you can also find the tool in the script menu as shown below. How does the ‘Find Script’…

It is now possible to display only the highest or lowest values in a table, in ascending order. You decide for yourself how many you want to display. This makes it easy to create top 10 lists of municipalities, professions, educations etc. Statistics and analysis results can also be exported to text files in addition…

Long scripts with repeating structure can be simplified and systematized/generalized through the use of new functionality for bindings and loops. This is now possible through the use of the commands let and for.

In recent months, microdata.no has been updated with a range of new analysis functionality and greater flexibility to export results from the tool.

Kaplan-Meier was recently introduced as a tool for simple bivariate survival analysis. We now extend this form of analysis with Cox regression, which allows you to perform causal (multivariate) analysis of factors that can be thought to influence hazard risk/survival time.

It is now possible to run Kaplan-Meier survival analysis in microdata.no. The command “kaplan-meier” is the first in a series of this type of analysis. Eventually, we will also introduce multivariate cox analysis.

You can now copy the entire script result into other tools (e.g. Excel). Many users need to copy tables generated in the analysis tool to other tools for further processing. Until now, it has only been possible to copy one table at a time. After feedback from several users, we have now made it possible…