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CentERdata - A New Research Facility for Social Sciences

Introducing CentERdata, a research institute based at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. We provide the LISS panel and data archive, offering a new research facility for social sciences. Our services include survey research, data collection, dissemination, and archiving.

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CentERdata - A New Research Facility for Social Sciences

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  1. Introducing ourselves • CentERdata, Research Institute • Tilburg University, the Netherlands • Survey Research • Maarten Streefkerk • Suzan Elshout • IT • Edwin de Vet • Alerk Amin 2 2-12-2011

  2. CentERdata / LISS • Funded by the Dutch science foundation (NWO) • Providing a new research facility for social sciences • LISS panel + LISS data archive 2-12-2011

  3. LISS panel • Online panel of 5000 households • 8000 individuals (>= 16 years) • Questionnaires each month, 30 min. • Incentive 15 euro an hour (average)

  4. Type of Questionnaires • 1. The “household box”:Background Variables (on demand) • 2. Core questionnaires:Health, Personality (longitudinal) • 3. Assembled questionnaires:Proposed by external researchers • 4. Panel & Data Quality

  5. Current workflow 1/2 Design & Collection • Paper version • Blaise (IS) version • Field work (one month) 6 2-12-2011

  6. Current workflow 2/2 Dissemination / archiving • SPSS (derived from bdb) + Codebook • Meta data (XML export of SPSS-file) • Import to archive • View the data online in a user friendly environment: LISS data archive 7 2-12-2011

  7. Questasy • Web application based on DDI 3 • Manages data & metadata • Administrator Interface • Data entry without DDI knowledge • Live in January 2009 • Researcher Interface • Browse/search metadata, download data • Live in March 2009

  8. New developments • Since EDDI 10 - Utrecht • Multi panel support • Theme support • Search Engine Optimization • Variable basket

  9. Questasy Features

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  12. Questasy Features

  13. Questasy Features

  14. Variable basket • Creating custom variable extracts • Integrated into Questasy interface • Data warehouse • Multiple “baskets” per user • Generating data sets on the fly • Download in several data formats • Custom codebooks on the fly • In both HTML as PDF (Docbook XML based) • LIVE DEMO

  15. Licensing • Free • Including source code • License agreement available • Available for non-profit scientific & government institutes

  16. CentERdata: www.centerdata.nl/en LISS panel www.lissdata.nl Download data: www.lissdata.nl/dataarchive 17

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