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• What kind of data formats do you distribute?
• What are setup files? How do I use them?
• There are no setup files available for my dataset. How do I create a setup file?
• Can I use Excel to analyze the data?
• What is R? How do I use it?
• How can I use your data if I don’t have access to SAS, SPSS, or Stata?

• How do I decompress the files I download from your site?
• The files I’m attempting to download are so large that my download never finishes. What can I do?

• Why and how should I cite data?
• What is a persistent URL? What is a DOI?
• I’m interested in replicating research that was conducted with an earlier version of an ICPSR study. Is it possible to get those data?
• How can I find data that include my desired variables?

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• Index of Frequently Used Acronyms

ICPSR has a number of video presentations on YouTube that address a variety of topics including step by step instructions on using and troubleshooting set-up files and creating a MyData account.