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WinSCP (Windows Secure Copy) is a free and open source SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and SCP client for MS Windows. Its main function is secure file transfer. Beyond this, WinSCP offers basic file manager and file synchronization functionality. For secure transfers, it uses Secure Shell (SSH) and supports th...

Stattransfer is used to transfer any quantitative data file format to SPSS file format (our principal file format for dissemination).

Open and review data (anonymisation check, quality checks, e.g., on variable and value labels or on the syntaxes provided as documentation), transfer from Stata to SPSS, as every data file are disseminate at least using SPSS file format.

File Checksum Tool is a free application that calculates and verifies MD5, SHA-1, HAVAL, MD2, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512 hash values from any file. A tool to create checksum (SHA-1) of data files that are included in the DIP. This allows data users who downloads the files to verify the Hash and...

The FORS replication service allows the Swiss social science research community to share the materials needed for the replication of analyses of journal article publications. It is a free service run by the data service of the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS), which comple...

SWISSUbase is usedat FORS to acquire and disseminate data. It includes a reserach projects and data catalogue for data users. Data depositors can deposit their data using FORSbase. Contacts and contracts with data users and data depositors are also treated within SWISSUbase. SWISSUbase has repla...

FSD has developed different batch files: - TarkastaXML checks that metadata and variable files are valid DDI; - Koodikirjoitin creates pdf codebooks based on metadata and variable files; - Updatemeta runs certain automatic updates to metadata files; - Datakesken disables write protection from the...

Penna is a data collection tool maintained by FSD that is specifically designed for collecting textual data. Penna's user interface makes it easy for people to participate in a study and facilitates the archiving of the data.

Stastical program used for data processing.