ICPSR New Additions and Updates

ICPSR is our main data archive. You can access a variety of data studies, citations, and much more! Contact Lynda Kellam to find out more!

New Additions

• 35632 The Detroit Sexual Assault Kit Action Research Project; 1980-2009
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35632.v1
• 36475 Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, July 2013
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36475.v1
• 36478 Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, September 2013
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36478.v1

Updates

• 25503 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 2003-2004
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25503.v7
• 35239 Six Cities Trusteeship Project: Trustee Biographical Dataset, 1931, 1961, 1991 [Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Philadelphia]
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35239.v2
• 36384 Current Population Survey, May 2010: Tobacco Use Supplement (TUS), 2010-2011 Wave
  http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36384.v2

What's in There? Searching by Variable at ICPSR

Free webinar from ICPSR on Jun 14, 2016 at 12:00 PM EDT.

Register now!

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1892354443659608323

George Alter, Director of ICPSR, will demonstrate strategies for searching more than 4.5 million variable descriptions in ICPSR's Social Science Variables Database, including our new crosswalk between the American National Election Study and the General Social Survey. 

The ICPSR Website allows users to search for variables singly or in groups. The "Compare Variables" feature brings up question text, frequencies, universe and other information, and all searches are linked to ICPSR's dynamic online codebooks. 

The ICPSR variable search, supported by its thorough methods documentation, is an effective tool for those that are: 

• Searching for data with particular questions/content for analysis (for research papers/publishing) 
• Desiring to compare or harmonize data across projects 
• Mining for questions to design research surveys and/or to teach survey design 
--Including the demonstration of the effect of question wording and answer categories on variable distributions and the changes (evolution) in question wording/response categories over time 
• Desiring to deposit research data for curation to enhance data discovery, increase research impact, and demonstrate that federal data sharing requirements have been met. 

This webinar will benefit research scientists, teaching faculty, students, and those assisting these individuals. 

This webinar is free and open to the public. Please share this invitation! 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Like watching the debates?

Check out polling data on the debates through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research! The Center has moved to Cornell Univ and has a brand new look.

Veterans Day 2015 - Veterans Statistics

In honor of Veterans Day 2015, the Census Bureau has released their Veterans Statistics for every state with some fun infographics. Check out North Carolina.

Database trial: SAGE Research Methods

SAGE Research Methods (trial access until 9/15/2015) is a research methods tool created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects. Researchers can explore methods concepts to help them design research projects, understand particular methods or identify a new method, conduct their research, and write up their findings. Since SAGE Research Methods focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, it can be used across the social sciences, health sciences, and more.  More information can be found here.

Please use this form to give feedback.

Reports online for Federal Reserve System Community Development Research Conference

The materials from the ninth biennial Federal Reserve System Community Development Research Conference (videos, presentations, papers, and posters) are now available online. Conference speakers included:

• Janet Yellen, Chair, Federal Reserve Board 
• Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economist 
• Lael Brainard, Governor, Federal Reserve Board 
• James Bullard, President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 
• Narayana Kocherlakota, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis 
• And more

ICPSR webinar on data sharing

ICPSR provided a great webinar yesterday called "Meeting Federal Data Sharing Requirements" and made the recording available for free. Definitely worth looking at if you are writing data management plans.

Don't forget that ICPSR is our primary resource for a wide variety of data sources and training.