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Social Science Data Archives

Social Science Data Archives. Libbie Stephenson Data Archivist 4317 School of Public Policy Libbie@ucla.edu 310-825-0716 http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/da http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/seminars/DataArchives/default.htm. About the Data Archive. Who are we? How do we help?

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Social Science Data Archives

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  1. Social Science Data Archives Libbie Stephenson Data Archivist 4317 School of Public Policy Libbie@ucla.edu 310-825-0716 http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/da http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/seminars/DataArchives/default.htm

  2. Aboutthe Data Archive • Who are we? • How do we help? • What’s in the collection? ATS Presentation Jan 2004

  3. What are data files and how are they used in research? • Conducting surveys vs. secondary analysis • Replication, hypothesis testing, methodology, populations, longitudinal and x-sectional ATS Presentation Jan 2004

  4. When is data useful for research? • Raw data • Tables • Publications ATS Presentation Jan 2004

  5. What does data look like? ATS Presentation Jan 2004

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  10. How do I find data? • Geography • Time • Population • Search Engines ATS Presentation Jan 2004

  11. What else do I need to know? • Units of analysis • Types of variables • Data Structures ATS Presentation Jan 2004

  12. Units of analysis • Persons • Households • Events • Records • Official • Civil ATS Presentation Jan 2004

  13. Types of variables • Alpha/Character vs. Numeric • Continuous vs Discrete • Summary/Aggregate vs Micro ATS Presentation Jan 2004

  14. Data Structures • Rectangular • Hierarchical • Relational ATS Presentation Jan 2004

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  18. How do I know it’s useful? Questionnaires Codebooks ATS Presentation Jan 2004

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  20. Welcome to the ISSR Data Archives Home Page. This page is primarily set up to allow our users (namely, UCLA students and faculty) to have an idea of what files we keep at the Archive. If you cannot find something on our site that you feel is essential, send an email message to libbie@ucla.edu. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome. http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/da ATS Presentation Jan 2004

  21. ICPSR - - Mega Data Site • Searching • Choosing • Downloading • On-line analysis • Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research - - http://www.icpsr.umich.edu ATS Presentation Jan 2004

  22. What’s at ICPSR? • Search strategy • Terminology • Word vs phrase • Data holdings vs web site • Search fields ATS Presentation Jan 2004

  23. What does a search tell me? • Reviewing search results • Study information - - codebooks • Other study links • Relevance to search terms • Symbols ATS Presentation Jan 2004

  24. Getting Your Data • ICPSR Direct • Bruin-online accounts • Working from home • Restricted data ATS Presentation Jan 2004

  25. Downloading Data • Help with Downloads • How to Download http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/help/data-help.html ATS Presentation Jan 2004

  26. On-line Data Analysis - DAS • Wide variety of studies • Useful as teaching tool • On-line codebook browsing • Eases use of data ATS Presentation Jan 2004

  27. Problems ? • The Archive is here to help • CD’s and other materials • Technical assistance • Statistical help ATS Presentation Jan 2004

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