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The ASA24 system generates several analysis output files. The Researcher Instructions have more detailed information about these files and how to download them from the researcher website.
Downloadable Examples of ASA24 Analysis Files and Data Dictionaries
The following files describe each output from several versions of the ASA24 tool.
- Sample Analysis Files and Data Dictionaries for ASA24-2024 [ZIP] (updated 11/11/24)
- Sample Analysis Files and Data Dictionaries for ASA24-2022 [ZIP] (updated 11/11/24)
- Sample Analysis Files and Data Dictionaries for ASA24-2020 [ZIP] (updated 11/11/24)
- Sample Analysis Files and Data Dictionaries for ASA24-2018 and ASA24-Canada-2018 [ZIP] (updated 11/11/24)
- Sample Analysis Files and Data Dictionaries for ASA24-2016, ASA24-Canada-2016, and ASA24-Australia-2016 [ZIP] (updated 11/11/24)
- Sample Analysis Files and Data Dictionaries for ASA24-2014, ASA24-Canada-2014 and ASA24-Kids-2014 [ZIP]
- Sample Analysis Files and Data Dictionaries for ASA24-2011 and ASA24-Kids-2012 [ZIP]
Description of File Types
The following describes the analytic output files generated by the noted ASA24 versions.
| Version | Analysis File | Content Description |
|---|---|---|
| ASA24-2024, ASA24-2022, ASA24-2020, ASA24-2018, ASA24-2016 (all versions) | Responses | Data by respondent, by day, providing probe questions and answers |
| Items | Data by food and beverage item, providing food codes, gram weights, and nutrient and food group values | |
| Totals | Data by respondent, by day, providing total nutrient and food group values for foods and beverages | |
| INS | Data by supplement, providing supplement codes, gram weights, and nutrient values | |
| TS | Data by respondent, by day, providing total nutrient values for supplements | |
| TNS | Data by respondent, by day, providing total nutrient and food group values for foods, beverages, and supplements combined, responses to Sleep module (Note: this optional module is only available for ASA24-2020 version and later and must be turned on during the creation of new studies.) |
| Version | Analysis File | Content Description |
|---|---|---|
| ASA24-2014 (all versions), ASA24-Kids2012, ASA24-2011 | MS | Data by respondent, by day, providing probe questions and answers |
| INF | Data by food and beverage item, providing food codes, gram weights, and nutrient values | |
| TN | Data by respondent, by day, providing total nutrient values for foods and beverages | |
| INFMYPHEI | Data by food and beverage item, providing food codes, gram weights, and food group values | |
| TNMYPHEI | Data by respondent, by day, providing total food group values for foods and beverages | |
| INS | Data by supplement, providing supplement codes, gram weights, and nutrient values | |
| TS | Data by respondent, by day, providing total nutrient values for supplements | |
| TNS | Data by respondent, by day, providing total nutrient values for foods, beverages, and supplements combined |
See also the Researcher Instruction Guide for more information about data output. More information is also available about reviewing and cleaning data and the nutrients and food groups available in ASA24 output files.
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