Posted in Population and Demography, Reference on Jan 21st, 2011
Question The researcher was using the 2006 Census Complete Cumulative Profile at the DA level and the PCCF to map socio-economic indicators by postcode – something he´s done before for the 2001 census. He had no problem for most of the country, but for the Saskatchewan he came across an abnormally large number of DAs [...]
Posted in Reference on Sep 16th, 2010
Question We haven’t been able to install Beyond 20/20 on a laptop running Windows 7. We have tried compatibility modes but no luck so far. Any solutions would be greatly appreciated. Answer Our contact for Beyond 20/20 here at StatCan has confirmed that Beyond 20/20 is compatible with Windows 7. He is aware of an [...]
Posted in Reference on Jan 23rd, 2009
Question No doubt this should be obvious to me, but I don’t know what the difference is between the two versions. I’ve looked at guides for both of them and they are almost identical. What does SP3 mean? I assume it is a verson reference but then it should say version… Answer 1) SP3 = [...]
Posted in Reference on Jan 23rd, 2009
Question We can no longer link to these guides (1) or our copies (2) are out of date. In follow-up, I was unable to find the following user tutorials and guides from Statistics Canada. Would it still be possible to access current versions? (1) Formerly on the StatCan Web site: Initiation aux tableaux de Beyond [...]
Posted in Reference on Oct 15th, 2008
Question I am a little unclear about who can have access to B 20/20. I have a request from a professor who would like his students to have access to B 20/20 available to load on their personal (i.e. laptop) computers. I suspect if this were possible we would not have it on our FTP [...]
Posted in Crime and Justice on Feb 15th, 2008
Question I have a researcher who would like to link the crime statistics data in the B20/20 justice files to over 500 corresponding census subdivisions. I know that the data in the justice tables is at the detachment level; however, there is a geographic code attached to each detachment which looks census-like. Is there a [...]
Posted in Reference on Jan 14th, 2008
Question I know part of the answer to this question, but I was hoping for a bit more clarification. A professor here is writing a textbook and wants to generate tables in Beyond 20/20 (I think using homicide/victim/crime data) and wants to know if she can use them in her book. Now, I’m pretty sure [...]
Posted in Reference on Nov 15th, 2007
Question I am interested in descriptions how Data Librarians offer and when they used Beyond 20/20 data. Answers 1) The B2020 files have a great deal of value. The first thing is the interface. It is extremely intuitive and powerful – students pick it up very quickly. (the intuitiveness of B2020 has been challenged by [...]
Posted in Reference on Nov 14th, 2007
Question With regard to census data, if I only want the top Province level data in any given file – how would I do that without selecting each line separately? Is there a trick here? Right now – as far as I’m aware the only way to obtain this would be to hold my Ctrl [...]
Posted in Reference on Jan 31st, 2007
Question Does anyone know if there is a Mac version of the Beyond 20/20 browser? Answer Beyond 20/20 was never made for Macs, but there is an alternative available: a) Using a newer MAC, you can install Bootcamp software which will allow you to install a version of Windows, which in turn will allow you [...]