Reformat_estimates.exe

Overview

Reformat_estimates.exe is a program, written in Visual Basic, designed to help visualise cellular fit of estimated small-area microdata created by Pop91.  It converts the contents of ED-specific cell-level goodness-of-fit reports from vector to tabular format.

Download executable here

Download Visual Basic source code here

Instructions for use

(1) Download executable to a chosen root directory

e.g. C:\GOF

(2) Create a subfolder 'Estimates'

e.g. C:\GOF\Estimates

(3) Download district archive of ED-level cellular goodness-of-fit reports, unzip and place in county and district specific subfolder on root directory

e.g. C:\GOF\Wyork\DA

(4) Create a file called Estimates.txt and place in the root folder.  This file must have the following format:

Line 1: county name (ONS 4 or 5 character abbreviation)

Line 2: name of ED to be analysed (8 character ONS ED code)

Additional EDs for analysis may be listed on subsequent lines of the file, one per line.

Example:

(5) Run program by double-clicking on executable file (Reformat_estimates.exe)

Reformat_estimates.exe  generates one report file per ED listed in Estimates.txt.  These files are placed under a county and district specific sub-folders of FullReport, an output folder automatically created within the root folder.