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Social Science Data Bases

Social Science Data Bases. Humboldt State University May 7, 2010. Sponsored by. http://www.ssric.org. Presenters. Lori M. Weber, Political Science, Chico State University, lweber@csuchico.edu

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Social Science Data Bases

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  1. Social ScienceData Bases Humboldt State University May 7, 2010 Humboldt State University

  2. Sponsored by http://www.ssric.org Humboldt State University

  3. Presenters Lori M. Weber, Political Science, Chico State University, lweber@csuchico.edu Stephanie Burkhalter, Political Science, Humboldt State University, Stephanie.Burkhalter@humboldt.edu Josh Meisel, Sociology, Humboldt State University, Joshua.Meisel@humboldt.edu Humboldt State University

  4. Workshop Agenda Overview of the SSRIC Data Archives ICPSR Field Roper Online Analysis and Data in the Classroom Your Feedback Humboldt State University

  5. SSRIChttp://www.ssric.org Humboldt State University

  6. The Council Oldest CSU affinity group (since 1972) Representatives from CSU campuses meet three times per year Negotiates with data providers for access to data Promotes use of data analysis in research and teaching Humboldt State University

  7. The Council Annual student research conference April 30, Cal Poly Pomonahttp://www.ssric.org/participate/src Sponsors travel to ICPSR summer workshops in Ann Arbor, Michigan http://www.ssric.org/participate/icpsr_summer Works with Field Research Question credits Faculty fellow Humboldt State University

  8. Social Science Databases The California State University subscribes to social science databases to support teaching research administration Available to campuses by annual subscription Humboldt State University

  9. Social Science Databases Assistance from the SSRIC Note: SSRIC members are not staff data consultants or technical assistance providers, but we will do what we can to help students, faculty, and staff to access data Campus representativeshttp://www.ssric.org/reps Humboldt State University

  10. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Field Poll Census Data Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Social Science Databases Humboldt State University

  11. Accessing the data bases On-campus access to data bases is IP authenticated Off-campus access Field: not available, but older than 2 years available for online analysis Roper: uses library as proxy server -- works just like other library data bases ICPSR: first time, uses library proxy server Humboldt State University

  12. ICPSR Primary social science data archive for the U.S. Founded in 1962; CSU joined in 1972 Over 600 member institutions worldwide Services Vast data archive accessible via the web (ICPSR Direct) Summer program Instructional resources Humboldt State University

  13. http://www.icpsr.org Find data Teaching Humboldt State University

  14. Using ICPSR Direct Locate the study Select the data for download Download the data Import the data for statistical analysis Humboldt State University

  15. Find and Analyze Data Find data Analyze data online Topical archives Humboldt State University

  16. Searching for Data • Type in key words • (e.g., gun control) • Click search Search terms are not case sensitive if all lower case Humboldt State University

  17. Other Types of Files you Might Encounter • SPSS portable (.por) files • Will work on all platforms • Tell SPSS to look for a .por file • Raw data (ASCII) file with SPSS syntax (.sps) file • You’ll have to create your own .sav file • See next slide • Raw data file with only a codebook • You’ll have to create your own syntax file • SPSS Intro workshop discusses how to do this Humboldt State University

  18. What’s a Syntax File? A syntax file is a set of commands to convert a raw ASCII data file into an SPSS system file ASCII + SPSS syntax file = SPSS system file For More Information: http://www.ssric.org/data/icpsr_direct#syntax Humboldt State University

  19. Other ICPSR Resources SSRIC ICPSR Guide ICPSR Data Use Tutorial Social Science Variables Database Bibliography of Data-Related Literature Humboldt State University

  20. The Field (California) Poll Established in 1947 Independent, non-partisan survey of California public opinion Wide range of political and social topics Multiple polls each year Mervin Field http://www.field.com Humboldt State University

  21. Accessing Field Data Set up your browser Find polls and data sets Download data sets Humboldt State University

  22. Setting up your browser Requires setting passive FTP access Can set up browser for folder view or FTP directory view See the instructions for details: http://www.ssric.org/data/field_polls You will only need to do this once for your browser and user account Humboldt State University

  23. UC Datahttp://ucdata.berkeley.edu Click on Field Polls Humboldt State University

  24. Other Field Resources SSRIC Field Poll Guide Field News Releases, American Public Opinion Index, and California Opinion Indexes Humboldt State University

  25. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu Access to iPOLL Access to Roper Express Data Humboldt State University

  26. Searching for Data Sets Click Quick Links Then click search for datasets Humboldt State University

  27. Searching for Data Sets Enter keywords (gun control) Humboldt State University

  28. Search Results Study available on Roper Express Clicking here brings up study description Humboldt State University

  29. Downloading the Files Study documentation Download SPSS Portable (.por) file Frequencies Humboldt State University

  30. What if nothing is available? • Some documentation and/or data sets are not available on-line. If you are interested in one of these, email the survey number and the title to: Ed Nelson at ednelson@csufresno.edu Humboldt State University

  31. iPOLL Data base of over 500,000 questions Includes frequency distributions allowing students to do trend analysis online You will not need a user name or password from on-campus, since the CSU will be IP authenticated. You will be prompted for your email address Humboldt State University

  32. Login to iPOLL Your email address is your login Humboldt State University

  33. Searching iPOLL Search for keyword Click on Boolean or Wildcard for help Let’s search for relig% (note: % is the wildcard) Select the topic of religion Use date from 1/1/2000 to today’s date Humboldt State University

  34. Search Humboldt State University

  35. Polls and Polling Resources Polling resources Humboldt State University

  36. Other Roper Resources SSRIC Roper Guide Humboldt State University

  37. Online Analysis &Data in the Classroom Humboldt State University

  38. What is Online Analysis? • “Online data analysis" refers to the ability to perform statistical analysis using special Web-based software as an alternative to downloading data into a standalone statistical package on your computer. • The software we’re using is called Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA), which was developed at the University of California, Berkeley.

  39. Alternative Statistical Packages • You can get a complete list of available online statistical packages at http://statpages.org/ • Some of these include: • OpenStat • ViSta • Statext • SISA

  40. Advantages • Many like SDA are free – don’t require a site license • Only require a computer with an internet connection • Some like SDA are easy to learn • Can show students how to use some of them in 30 minutes or less

  41. Disadvantages • Some online statistical packages (certainly not all) are limited in what they can do statistically • Documentation is not very good for some • Some (like SDA) can only be used with data sets that have already been created in a format that can be read by that package

  42. SDA Data Sets • While SDA is an extremely easy statistical package to learn to use, it’s difficult to create SDA data sets. • You have to purchase a SDA site license to create a data set and then learn how to use it. • So we typically use SDA data sets that have been created for us.

  43. Sources for SDA Data Sets • SDA Archive located at UC Berkeley (http://sda.berkeley.edu/archive.htm) • ICPSR Topical Archives (http://www.icpsr.org/cocoon/ICPSR/all/archives.xml) • Field data located at UC Berkeley (http://ucdata.berkeley.edu/data_record.php?recid=3#analyze) • List of SDA data sets at CSU Long Beach (http://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/datasets.html) • University of Denver’s IDEA project (http://www.du.edu/idea/data.htm

  44. Data in the Classroom: Teaching Resources

  45. Teaching Resources ICPSR Courses and Learning Tools: http://www.icpsr.org/ICPSR/training/index.html SSRIC Teaching Resources: http://www.ssric.org/tr Pathway to Quantitative Literacy in the Social Scienceshttp://www.teachingwithdata.org/qssdl/welcome.action

  46. Teaching Resources ICPSR Online Learning Center http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/OLC/ Humboldt State University

  47. Other ICPSR Teaching Resourceshttp://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/training/index.html#instructional

  48. Investigating Community & Social Capitalhttp://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICSC/index.html

  49. Voting Behavior: the 2004 Electionhttp://www.icpsr.umich.edu/SETUPS/index.html

  50. ICPSR Student Paper Competition http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/prize/index.jsp Humboldt State University

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