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Perry A. Foote

Databases - Ferrett

What is FERRET?

The Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool, or FERRET as it is commonly called, will provide full access to complex large data sets through the Internet. It was developed to provide one-stop access to statistics from the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).

FERRET allows users to quickly locate current and historical information from these sources, get tabulations for specific information they need, make comparisons between different data sets, create simple tables and download large amounts of data to desktop and larger computers for custom reports.

FERRET provides the capabilities to:

  • Produce & Display cross-tabulations
  • Display pre-specified macrodata tables
  • Create a SAS data set for downloading
  • Create an ASCII output file where you can:
    • Download the file or
    • Bring your data into a spreadsheet

Useful FERRET Links

For more information: The National Center for Health Statistics

Pharmacy Health Care Administration
101 S. Newell Drive
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: 352.273.6268 Fax: 352.273.6270
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