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Quantitative data sources

Quantitative data sources. Quantitative research. Empirical, evidence-based research Statistical analysis of survey and microdata , eg : Official data Health surveys Election studies Secondary analysis Use of existing data to test new ideas Verification of existing research

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Quantitative data sources

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  1. Quantitative data sources

  2. Quantitative research • Empirical, evidence-based research • Statistical analysis of survey and microdata, eg: • Official data • Health surveys • Election studies • Secondary analysis • Use of existing data to test new ideas • Verification of existing research • sysuse nlsw88

  3. Example • Attitudes to migration • Run your own detailed survey (primary research) • European Social Survey • c. 1,200 respondents • c. €300,000 • Use pre-existing survey (secondary analysis) • ESS Round 1 (http://ess.nsd.uib.no/) • Data (available in Stata format) • Bibliography of research using the data

  4. Advantages • Efficient use of resources • Ready availability of high-quality data, adhering to professional standards • Data collected for one purpose can, within reason, be reanalysed across a range of other subject areas • Ability to study trends over time

  5. Limitations • Data not always available • Danger of mismatch between primary and secondary uses of data • Availability of documentation • Danger of errors slipping in unnoticed during data collection and processing

  6. Availability of data • Data archives • ISSDA: http://www.ucd.ie/issda • ICPSR: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ • CESSDA: http://www.cessda.org • Data producers • CSO (2011 Census): http://www.cso.ie • WHO: http://www.who.int/en/ • Data project websites • ESS: http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org • SHARE: http://www.share-project.org/

  7. ISSDA • Irish Social Science Data Archive • Founded in 2000 as a joint initiative of UCD and the ESRI, with the support of the CSO • Based at Geary Institute until July 2012 • Now part of the UCD Library • Makes quantitative data available to academic and non-profit research sectors • Aim: To facilitate secondary analysis of key quantitative datasets

  8. How it works DATA SUPPLIERS (CSO, ESRI, etc) ISSDA DATA USERS (Students, Researchers, Policymakers … )

  9. Target audience Initial target: • Academic researchers and third level students in social sciences in Ireland Actually: • Researchers working on academic, non-profit, and consultancy projects • Students: • Some secondary school requests • At all undergraduate and postgraduate levels • Government departments/agencies Across a wide range of subject disciplines • Social sciences, business/commerce, psychology, public health, engineering, agriculture, etc. International demand for Irish data – UK, USA, other EU countries

  10. Irish Datasets • Official statistics data: • Census • Quarterly National Household Survey/Labour Force Survey • EU-SILC • Household Budget Survey • Data from major government funded research projects: • Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) • Survey on Lifestyle And Nutrition (SLAN) • The Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging (TILDA) • Adapting to Diversity • Living In Ireland • Irish social science and public health research projects: • Irish Social and Political Attitudes Survey • Irish Survey of Contraception and Crisis Pregnancy  • All Ireland Traveller Health Study • HRB National Psychological Wellbeing and Distress Survey, 2006 • Commission for Energy regulation Smart Metering Project data • http://www.issda.ie • issda@ucd.ie • Twitter: @issda

  11. Comparative Datasets • Eurobarometer • http://www.gesis.org/en/eurobarometer/ • http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/ • ISSP • http://www.issp.org • http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/ • European Values Survey • http://www.europeanvaluesstudy.eu/ • http://zacat.gesis.org/ • European Social Survey • http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org • http://nesstar.ess.nsd.uib.no/webview/ • CESSDA member catalogues • http://www.cessda.org

  12. ICPSR –http://www.icpsr.umich.edu

  13. ICPSR

  14. Accessing data • ISSDA • Large scale datasets currently shipped on CD-ROM • Some data available online via Nesstarhttp://nesstar.ucd.ie/webview– requires password • Documentation available in Acrobat format via the web • http://www.issda.ie • ICPSR • go to http://www.icpsr.umich.edu from a campus PC to set up an account and download data • ESS • Go to http://nesstar.ess.nsd.uib.no/webview/ - requires registration • EB/EVS/ISSP • Go to http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/- requires registration

  15. Selection of MA projects (i) • Charitable giving/ volunteering in Ireland • Child poverty in Ireland • Social structures vs. individual attitudes and how they affect labour market outcomes of Irish women • Analysis of the status and situation of the Irish Language • Dietary Habits, Physical Activity Participation levels and body mass index measurements among leaving cert students.

  16. Selection of MA projects (ii) • Carbon tax policies as a method of reducing energy usage for Transport • Analysing differentials of immigrants in Ireland and across other EU countries • Effects of declining enrolment on secondary schools • Ethnicity and early school leaving

  17. PhD requests (i) • Profile of mental health and well being in young people • ‘Middling’ migration in a globalising city: a study of Polish migrants in Dublin • Analysis on the well-being of children and the factors affecting well-being at school • Language change in Co. Donegal

  18. PhD requests(ii) • An analysis of the evolution of the black economy in Ireland over the last 20 years, using consumer demands approaches • Examination of income equalities in the utilisation of preventive screening services under the broad umbrella of preventive health behaviour • Higher education participation in the Republic of Ireland • Analysis of low-income households

  19. Qualitative research • Irish Qualitative Data Archive, NUIM • http://www.iqda.ie

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