Transcript ICPSR – Finding and Using Data for Research

ICPSR – F INDING AND U SING
D ATA FOR R ESEARCH
Libbie Stephenson ISR Data Archives March 12, 2010
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http://www.icpsr.umich.edu
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TO
K NOW ICPSR
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What is ICPSR? From where do the data come?
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Why do individuals use ICPSR?
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Supporting Social Sciences Research
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Enhancing undergraduate and graduate education
How do I get started using ICPSR?
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Finding data
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/access/index.jsp
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Creating a MyData account
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Downloading data
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Seek out researchers, PIs, research agencies and collect data
files and pertinent documents related to the original research
Process the data and documents
Output data into multiple formats (ASCII, SAS, SPSS, STATA,
SDA)
Preserve it for the future
 Disseminate data directly to the desktops of students and
researchers for secondary analysis
 Provide education, training, & instructional resources
 Summer Program in Quantitative Methods
 Undergraduate and graduate student & teaching
resources to support quantitative literacy
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M ORE A BOUT
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ICPSR archives both U.S. and international data
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Data Sources:
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Government (census, government organizations)
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Large data collection efforts (National Longitudinal Study of
Adolescent Health, Panel Study of Income Dynamics)
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Polls (ABC and CBS news polls, voter polls)
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Principal Investigators (Chitwan Valley Family Study, Marital
Instability Over the Life Course)
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Data repurposed (Integrated Fertility Survey Series, Collaborative
Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys)
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Other organizations (NCAA)
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D ATA
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Anthropology
Criminal Justice
Demography
Economics
Education
Foreign Policy
Gerontology
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DISCIPLINES
Health & Medical Policy
History
Law/Legal Services
Political Sciences
Psychology
Public Policy
Sociology
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E XPLORING
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http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/
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F INDING AND D OWNLOADING D ATA
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Many search tools found under the Find & Analyze Data link
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MyData account – operates as authentication and like a
shopping cart!
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Data available in a variety of formats:
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ASCII data with set-up files
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SPSS, SAS, STATA, Online analysis
Includes documentation
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Codebook – original and reformulated
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Processing notes
User support available
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S EARCHING
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FOR
D ATA - T IPS
When you know what you want
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An acronym
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A survey name
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A series name
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An investigator or agency name
You sort of know what you want
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Keywords or themes
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Populations, time frame, geography
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Type of data
You have no idea what you want!
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Start with the Bibliography of Data-Related Literature
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S PECIALTY A RCHIVES AND
T HEMATIC C OLLECTIONS
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Data grouped by substantive topic
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Many archives (thematic collections), including:
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive
(SAMHDA)
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National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)
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National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA)
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Data Sharing for Demographic Research (DSDR)
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Resource Center for Minority Data (RCMD)
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International Data Resource Center (IDRC)
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General Archive
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D ATA E XPLORATION E XERCISE
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Find the “Search” box on the front page
(http://www.icpsr.umich.edu)
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Enter a search term of your choice
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Identify a study of interest
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Read the description
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Who were the survey participants?
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Where & when was it collected?
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What were the main subjects covered?
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Find an article based on these data
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Would you like to download?
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Does this study have online analysis capability?
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T HE S TUDY H OME PAGE
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ICPSR’ S B IBLIOGRAPHY OF
D ATA -R ELATED L ITERATURE
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Publications based on data held at ICPSR
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Growing the Data Bibliography
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ICPSR staff continuously searching for data citations
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Encouraging the use of data citations (included in all
downloads & on the documentation page!)
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Ability to see the article citation and click through for
full-text through UC e-Links
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Many use the Data Bibliography as a search tool!
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Exploring Data Through
Research Literature
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Designed to teach quantitative
research methods to
undergraduates in a different way.
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Integrates ICPSR bibliography of data related
literature into teaching students how make their way
from ideas to empirical work to literature and back.
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Suitable for both research methods and other
substantive courses requiring empirical research
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http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/EDRL/index.jsp
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O NLINE A NALYSIS S OFTWARE
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Survey Documentation & Analysis (SDA) developed at UC
Berkeley
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Web-based, requires no additional software or licensing
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Over 500 datasets available for use with SDA
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Just interested in online datasets?
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Easy for students but sophisticated analyses available for
researchers
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Good for preliminary analyses to determine whether
data will work for a particular research question
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In partnership with teaching faculty, ICPSR has developed:
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Online tutorials
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Online teaching modules
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Online Learning Center (Introductory/Substantive
Courses)
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Student research opportunities
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A DDITIONAL ICPSR R ESOURCES
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Summer Program in Quantitative Methods
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Registration to open February 9, 2010
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Subscribed Email Lists
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ICPSR Help
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FAQs (searchable)
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Data User Help Center (w/ audio/video tutorials)
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Local Support
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ICPSR Social Networks
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Online Learning Center
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Tool to help learn simple data analysis techniques
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Intended for introductory-level statistical analysis.
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OLC addresses key concerns raised by teaching faculty
in focus groups and in-depth interviews.
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Requires no additional software.
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www.icpsr.umich.edu/OLC
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Webinar on using the OLC in class on ICPSR website
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R ESEARCH O PPORTUNITIES FOR
S TUDENTS
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Research paper competitions -- a research
journal experience & cash prizes!
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Paid student internships focusing on
investigating social sciences research
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Explore the website - http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/
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Sign up for email announcements http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/org/lists/index.jsp
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Attend or view webinars (open to the public!) http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/help/datausers/index.jsp
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Contact – [email protected]
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Also contact the Data Archive 310-825-0716
1120-H Rolfe Hall
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/da
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Libbie Stephenson, Archivist [email protected]
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Jamie Jamison, Technology Specialist [email protected]
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