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July 29, 2005 |
Analyzing TEDS Using the New Graphing Features of the Online Data Analysis System (DAS) |
In Brief |
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The combined 1992-2002 TEDS file will be used to demonstrate the new graphics capability of the DAS, which was added in March 2005. When generating frequencies or crosstabulations, chart options are now available to produce bar, stacked bar, pie, and line charts.
The procedures described in this report only work with MS Internet Explorer, version 5 or higher. To explore the new charting functionality:
Figure 1. Run Frequency or Crosstabulation (with charts) Input Screen | |
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The resulting pie chart is displayed in Figure 2. For all years combined, the percentage of cases in each region is highest in the Northeast (31 percent), and almost equally distributed in the South, West, and Midwest (24, 23, and 22 percent, respectively).9
Figure 2. Pie Chart Results for Regional Distribution of Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions: 1992-2002 | |
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To examine the relationship between region and admissions involving heroin, return to the input screen by clicking on the Back button. This time we will generate a crosstabulation and stacked bar chart.
Figure 3. Stacked Bar Chart Results for Regional Distribution of Heroin Admissions: 1992-2002 | |
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Finally, to examine trends in admissions involving heroin for each Census region, we will return to the input screen once more to generate crosstabulations and line charts.
Figure 4. Line Chart Results of Yearly Heroin Admissions, by Census Region: 1992-2002 | |
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Figure 5. Selection of Paste Special Options in PowerPoint | |
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There is a convenient way to proportionally adjust the size of the graphic in PowerPoint:
Figure 6. Adjustments to Picture Scale in PowerPoint | |
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End Notes
1 The archive is
supported by the Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, and is based at the
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University
of Michigan.
2 The DAS is based
on Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA) software developed at the
Computer-assisted Survey Methods (CSM) Program at the University of California
at Berkeley.
3 The concatenated
file is revised annually based on new and updated data. This report is based on
the data available as of May 2004.
4 Using the DAS,
this file may also be used to subset and download records for a given State or
metropolitan area.
5 See previous short
reports for further instruction on using the DAS at
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/SAMHDA/das.html.
6 Heroin Flag
(herflg) records if heroin was reported as the primary, secondary, or tertiary
substance of abuse at the time of admission. [Note: The primary substance of
abuse is the main substance reported at the time of admission, and
secondary/tertiary substances are other substances of abuse also reported at
the time of admission.]
7 Year of
Admission (year) is the year of the client’s admission to substance abuse
treatment.
8 Census Region
(region) is based on divisions used by the U.S. Bureau of Census, 1970 Census of
Population. The four regions are comprised of the following states and
territories: The Northeast region of the United States is composed of
nine States: CT, ME, MA, NJ, NY, NH, PA, RI, and VT. The Midwest region
of the United States is composed of 12 States: IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE,
ND, OH, SD, and WI. The West region of the United States is composed of
13 States: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, and WY. The South
region of the United States is composed of 17 States: AL, AR, DC, DE, GA, FL,
KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WV.
9 For further
details, including results to additional decimal places, or counts of cases,
consult the frequency or crosstabulation table accompanying the chart output.
Row totals and color-coded indication of the strength of statistical results are
additionally available in the crosstabulation output.
10 Results are
provided for each value of the control variable, and for all valid cases.
11 To save the
graphic as a file that can be inserted into another application, right-click
directly on the DAS graphic and select “Save Picture As” to specify file type,
location, and name.
The Drug and Alcohol
Services Information System (DASIS) is an integrated data system
maintained by the Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). One component of DASIS is the
Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). TEDS is a compilation of data on the
demographic characteristics and substance abuse problems of those
admitted for substance abuse treatment. The information comes primarily
from facilities that receive some public funding. Information on
treatment admissions is routinely collected by State administrative
systems and then submitted to SAMHSA in a standard format. TEDS records
represent admissions rather than individuals, as a person may be
admitted to treatment more than once. State admission data are reported
to TEDS by the Single State Agencies (SSAs) for substance abuse
treatment. There are significant differences among State data collection
systems. Sources of State variation include completeness of reporting,
facilities reporting TEDS data, clients included, and treatment
resources available. See the annual TEDS reports for details.
Approximately 1.9 million records are included in TEDS each year.
The DASIS Report is prepared by the Office of Applied Studies,
SAMHSA; Synectics for Management Decisions, Inc., Arlington, Virginia;
and by RTI International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (RTI
International is a trade name of Research Triangle Institute).
http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/dasis.htm
Access the latest TEDS public use files at:
http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/SAMHDA.htm
Other substance abuse reports are available at:
http://www.oas.samhsa.gov
The DASIS Report is
published periodically by the Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
All material appearing in this report is in the public domain and may be
reproduced or copied without permission from
SAMHSA. Additional copies of this report or other reports from the
Office of Applied Studies are available on-line:
http://www.oas.samhsa.gov. Citation of the source is appreciated.
For questions about this report please e-mail:
shortreports@samhsa.hhs.gov
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