Praxis Data Lab · Study Builder

Build your NHANES study with harmonization intelligence.

Combine variables from the indexed Continuous NHANES catalog, choose the cycles you need, and see how Praxis connects source history, methods, cycle boundaries, and cross-code lineage into a study-specific harmonization view.

2variables selected

Praxis harmonization guidance available

Praxis found harmonization conditions for this study and has surfaced them below with the supporting source evidence.

2 variable assessments

AAXBDST

Evidence developinglow confidence

Laboratory

Bed Sample Status

Source releases: 1
Available cycles: 2005-2006
Dataset: Allergens - Household Dust

No normalized longitudinal change evidence is available for this variable. Absence of events must not be interpreted as proof of cross-cycle equivalence.

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

Remove from study Variable history CDC source

AUQ320

Compatible with harmonizationmoderate confidence

Questionnaire

How often {did you/did SP} wear hearing protection devices (ear plugs, ear muffs) when shooting firearms?

Source releases: 4
Available cycles: 2011-2012 · 2015-2016 · 2017-2018 · 2017-2020
Dataset: Audiometry

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

Evidence signals: source-derived

Relevant boundaries: 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.
Apply cycle-specific eligibility rules and restrict the pooled analytic population to a defensible common target population.

Supporting CDC/NCHS evidence

Remove from study Variable history CDC source