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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…

When copying tables from microdata.no to tools such as Excel with Norwegian locale, a problem with decimal separators often arises. Microdata.no, like most other tools, uses a period (.) as the decimal separator. However, the Norwegian version of Excel uses a comma as the decimal separator. This means that when you paste decimal numbers that…

In the newest version of the no.ssb.fdb databank, variables on immigration and all variables om employment (ARBLONN) have been updated with the newest available data.

It is now possible to perform diff-in-diff analyzes using the new regress-panel-diff command. In addition, it is now permitted to run pooled panel regression.

It is now possible to create graphical displays of coefficient estimates through the use of the new coefplot command.

In 2022, several thematic courses were held in microdata.no. We now give you the opportunity to see and hear the presentations about the thematic areas and how to put it to use in microdata.no. The thematic courses are divided into the following areas: Thematic course – contextual data Thematic course – job data and data…

The new option standardize allows you to display standardized coefficient estimates when using the regress (OLS estimation) command.

A handful of performance and user experience improvements are now ready. Performance We have removed a few bottlenecks to improve script speed. You will notice that execution of scripts now is limited to the portion of the script that has been changed since the previous execution. This improvement builds on earlier optimizations, and monitors changed…

The functions inlist and inrange can be used to set up compressed code expressions for coding variables, so that scripts are more clear and less resource-demanding to run.

Microdata.no now makes it possible to export graphs in several formats, as well as edit them in the editing tool Vega.

The variable overview of microdata.no has now been greatly improved in that it is possible to filter by subject area or other characteristics of the data, while at the same time you can freely choose how the variable list should be sorted.

The user manual for microdata.no has now been updated and describes all new functionality that has been implemented since April 2022.

The course offer in microdata.no continues through the fall term 2022with two courses on specific topics on a more advanced level and two types of introductory courses, one of which is aimed at participants with sparse programming experience. Earlier specialized courses will be available on video. The courses are in Norwegian. Courses in English on…

Overview of new functionality made available during the first half of 2022. We have developed and made available new functionality this spring, in collaboration with users. Below follows a quick summary of key functionality rolled out in this period. Increased user-friendliness – more efficient workflows During March we launched a range of big and small…

Microdata.no now has a new tool that simplifies larger recode operations. In microdata.no you can recode both numeric and alphanumeric variables. Users can freely define their own ranges and rules. In some situations it is useful to base recode rules on official classifications and/or reuse well defined correspondence tables when recoding. In script-mode you can…

In addition to the command reshape-to-panel, we now introduce reshape-from-panel which makes it possible to go the opposite way, namely to restructure datasets from long- to wide-format. This provides significantly greater flexibility when adapting datasets for analyses.

The new command reshape-to-panel gives you the freedom to restructure your data to long-format, i.e. data where the information is organized downwards as observations / records.