data services/icpsr presentation for school of education
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UNCG Data Services & ICPSRLYNDA KELLAM, [email protected]
ServicesSupporting data discovery◦ Data Portal: http://library.uncg.edu/data_services/
Data instruction◦ Finding government statistics and data◦ Using specific resources such as ICPSR or SimplyMap
Data consultations◦ One-on-one assistance distinguishing between sources of data for research
projects.
ServicesData Acquisitions◦ Identifying general use data sets to acquire.
◦ Relevancy and demand: The primary consideration for acquisition will be relevance to research and teaching needs at UNCG.
◦ Physical format of data
◦ Duplication
◦ Authority of data
◦ Accessibility
◦ Cost
Policies◦ Assist users in acquiring freely available data in conjunction with
the library liaison.
◦ Attempt to purchase data sets for UNCG researchers dependent upon funding and the Library’s ability to comply with license and use restrictions.
◦ Methodological questions or data analysis and interpretation are not in the scope of the Library's Data Services.
◦ The Library does not support GIS but offers GIS-lite products such as SimplyMap.
ICPSRThe Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
ICPSR’s mission is to: ◦ Collect and preserve research data.
◦ Disseminate data for further analysis and instruction by researchers, scholars and instructors.
◦ Serve as a leading quantitative analysis training resource.
Access ICPSR from the Database list.
ICPSROne of the world’s oldest and largest social science data archives, est. 1962
Seek research data and pertinent documents from researchers
Process and preserve the data and documents
Disseminate data
Provide education, training, & instructional resources
ICPSR: Most popular downloads◦ National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
◦ General Social Surveys (1972-2010 Cumulative)
◦ National Survey on Drug Use and Health
◦ World Handbook of Political & Social Indicators III
◦ National Survey of Midlife Development in the US
◦ Chinese Household Income Project
◦ American National Election Study: 2008 Pre- and Post-Election Survey
◦ Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study
◦ Globalization Comparative Panel Dataset
◦ India Human Development Survey
What is in a download?
Documentation files - pdfs◦ Questionnaire
◦ Codebook
◦ Description & Citation
Data in many forms!◦ SPSS, SAS, Stata
◦ ASCII
Some studies are Restricted-Use
MyData Account◦MyData account – operates as
authentication
◦ Authenticate once every six months on campus and you can carry it with you
The Bibliography of Data-Related LiteratureA searchable database . . .
◦ containing over 62,500 citations of known published and unpublished works resulting from analyses of data archived at ICPSR
◦ Works are associated with their relevant study…
Variables DatabaseEnables ICPSR users to search & compare variables across datasets
Assists in:◦ Data discovery
◦ Comparison/harmonization projects
◦ Data harvesting & data analysis
◦ Question mining for designing new research
◦ Research methods & substantive courses instruction
SDA OutputGender variable by occasions smoked marijuana variable
ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods◦ Instruction on the tools and practices needed to analyze data
◦ For those with math phobia and those with advanced analysis skills
◦ 3-5 day workshops and 4-8 week courses
◦ Primarily held at U of Mich.
◦ Some courses on other campuses
◦ http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/
◦ 132 datasets and over 11,000 resources on child care and early education
◦ State Data Tools (Newer portal to state level policies and statistics)
More information on ICPSR◦ Explore the website - www.icpsr.umich.edu
◦ Sign up for our email announcements -www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/membership/lists/index.jsp
◦ “Like” ICPSR on Facebook/follow ICPSR on Twitter
◦ Attend or view our webinars (open to the public!)
◦ Contact user support – [email protected]
◦ Contact your Official Representative – [email protected]
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