NLS Investigator User Guide

Introduction to NLS Investigator

Large Dataset Recommendations

Reasons to not download an entire NLS cohort/dataset

Getting started with NLS Investigator

NLS Investigator Navigation

Choose Study

Choose Tagsets

Variable Search

• Creating Search Criteria
• Display Search Results
• Tag Variables
• Customize Search Results
• Codebook Preview

Selected Variables

Codebook

Save Tagset

Download Options

• Basic Download
• Advanced Download
• Customize Data Download
• Apply Universe Restrictors
• Frequency / Table
• Manage Downloads

Account Features

Importing Data

Using Stata, SPSS, R, and SAS

NLS Investigator Tutorial: NLSY97 Demo

Video Tutorials

Glossary of NLS Terms