Praxis Data Lab · Variable History

Variable history and harmonization report.

Review variable definitions, cycle chronology, survey design, laboratory methods, method-change boundaries, detection limits, and evidence-backed harmonization actions.

1matching variable codes

10 release records across 10 datasets and 10 cycles.

Search scope

Results for “AUAMODE”

Harmonization summary

1 label-stable codes

Label changes detected
0
Multiple dataset contexts
0
Unique codes
1
Enriched codes in this report
0

Scientific safeguard

Qualified assessment is authoritative; chronology remains supporting evidence.

Praxis separates source-stated method or instrument changes from automated differences in CDC/NCHS method text. The qualified harmonization assessment below is the researcher-facing conclusion; method chronology explains the underlying evidence and does not override that adjudication.

Variable-by-variable chronology

Qualified harmonization assessment and indexed evidence

Each variable first shows the current qualified assessment used by Study Builder, followed by cycle-specific source evidence and method chronology.

AUAMODECompatible with harmonization

Mode of Audiometric Test (Manual/Automatic/Mixed)

Observed years
19992020
Release records
10
Datasets
10
Components
Examination
Qualified Praxis harmonization assessment

Compatible with harmonization · moderate confidence

No blocking method discontinuity is identified inside the selected cycle span, but one or more longitudinal changes require explicit harmonization conditions before pooling.

Evidence provenance: Praxis automated inference from indexed CDC/NCHS evidence

Relevant boundaries: 1999-2000 → 2001-2002 · 2001-2002 → 2003-2004 · 2003-2004 → 2005-2006 · 2005-2006 → 2007-2008 · 2007-2008 → 2009-2010 · 2009-2010 → 2011-2012 · 2011-2012 → 2015-2016 · 2015-2016 → 2017-2018 · 2017-2018 → 2017-2020

Praxis harmonization actions
  • Verify merge grain, companion variables, and component-specific analytic guidance for the new file context.
  • Select the weight appropriate to each cycle and subsample; when pooling cycles, construct the combined weight according to NHANES guidance rather than reusing a single-cycle weight unchanged.
  • Review the adjacent codebooks/methods. Keep this boundary as documentation variation unless source evidence confirms a substantive method or instrument change.
  • Apply cycle-specific eligibility rules and restrict the pooled analytic population to a defensible common target population.
Supporting CDC/NCHS evidence
Variable names / labels over time
  • Mode of Audiometric Test (Manual/Automatic/Mixed)1999-2000 · 2001-2002 · 2003-2004 · 2005-2006 · 2007-2008 · 2009-2010 · 2011-2012 · 2015-2016 · 2017-2018 · 2017-2020
Cycle-by-cycle release history
  • 1999-2000: AUX1 — Mode of Audiometric Test (Manual/Automatic/Mixed) — Audiometry (Examination)
  • 2001-2002: AUX_B — Mode of Audiometric Test (Manual/Automatic/Mixed) — Audiometry (Examination)
  • 2003-2004: AUX_C — Mode of Audiometric Test (Manual/Automatic/Mixed) — Audiometry (Examination)
  • 2005-2006: AUX_D — Mode of Audiometric Test (Manual/Automatic/Mixed) — Audiometry (Examination)
  • 2007-2008: AUX_E — Mode of Audiometric Test (Manual/Automatic/Mixed) — Audiometry (Examination)
  • 2009-2010: AUX_F — Mode of Audiometric Test (Manual/Automatic/Mixed) — Audiometry (Examination)
  • 2011-2012: AUX_G — Mode of Audiometric Test (Manual/Automatic/Mixed) — Audiometry (Examination)
  • 2015-2016: AUX_I — Mode of Audiometric Test (Manual/Automatic/Mixed) — Audiometry (Examination)
  • 2017-2018: AUX_J — Mode of Audiometric Test (Manual/Automatic/Mixed) — Audiometry (Examination)
  • 2017-2020: P_AUX — Mode of Audiometric Test (Manual/Automatic/Mixed) — Audiometry (Examination)