Social Science Data Bases

1. Social ScienceData Bases Humboldt State University May 6, 2011 www.ssric.org

2. Sponsors and the http://www.ssric.org College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences http://www.humboldt.edu/cahss/ www.ssric.org

3. Presenters Stephanie Burkhalter, Politics, Humboldt State University Stephanie.Burkhalter@humboldt.edu John L. Korey, Political Science, Cal Poly Pomona jlkorey@csupomona.edu Josh Meisel, Sociology, Humboldt State University meisel@humboldt.edu www.ssric.org

4. 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 www.ssric.org

5. The Council Annual student research conference April 29, San Jose Statehttp://www.ssric.org/participate/src Sponsors travel to ICPSR summer workshops in Ann Arbor, Michigan http://www.ssric.org/participate/icpsr_summer Field Poll Faculty Fellowship (deadline April 15) http://www.ssric.org/participate/field_institute www.ssric.org

6. SSRIChttp://www.ssric.org www.ssric.org

7. Workshop Agenda Overview of the SSRIC Data Archives ICPSR Field Roper Teaching with Data Brainstorming Your Ideas Other Data Your Feedback www.ssric.org

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

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 www.ssric.org

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

11. Accessing the data bases On-campus access to data bases is IP authenticated Off-campus access Field: not available Roper: uses library as proxy server -- works just like other library data bases ICPSR: first time, uses library proxy server, after that, you can access from anywhere but you must reauthenticate every 6 months www.ssric.org

12. ICPSR http://www.icpsr.org Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research www.ssric.org

13. 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 www.ssric.org

14. ICPSR Teaching www.ssric.org

15. ICPSR www.ssric.org

16. ICPSR www.ssric.org

17. Using ICPSR Direct Locate the study Select the data for download Download the data Import the data for statistical analysis www.ssric.org

18. Find and Analyze Data Find data Analyze data online Topical archives www.ssric.org

19. Searching for Data • Type in key words • (e.g., gun control) • Click search Search terms are not case sensitive if all lower case www.ssric.org

20. Search Results Sort by time period (newest) Click on link www.ssric.org

21. Downloading the data View study description Download all files www.ssric.org

22. Agree to the Terms of Use www.ssric.org

23. Saving the Files www.ssric.org

24. Select Files and Place Them Where You Want to Save Them www.ssric.org

25. What’s in the File? Look in the layers of subfolders until you find the DS0001 folder It will include the: Codebook (pdf file) Questionnaire (pdf file) SPSS file (in this case, it’s a .sav file) Other files www.ssric.org

26. Open the sav File in SPSS www.ssric.org

27. Explore ICPSR www.ssric.org

28. The Field Poll www.ssric.org

29. 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 www.ssric.org

30. Accessing Field Data Set up your browser Find polls and data sets Download data sets www.ssric.org

31. 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 www.ssric.org

32. Finding Polls Find the poll number Field Poll Archives (http://field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/) American Public Opinion Index Check with your library for printed and/or microfiche versions The CALPOLL window Accessible via UCData You will be using the poll number to select the data set for download. www.ssric.org

33. Searching Polls with UCDATA Uses SDA Does not include last couple of years Gives you the frequency distributions of the variables you select www.ssric.org

34. UC Datahttp://ucdata.berkeley.edu Click on Field Polls www.ssric.org

35. Field Polls on UCDATA Click on search www.ssric.org

36. Searching I selected 2000’s www.ssric.org

37. Keywords Enter gun control www.ssric.org

38. Search Results Click View www.ssric.org

39. Results from SDA www.ssric.org

40. Downloading the Data Click Download www.ssric.org

41. Choosing the File Double click cal0003 since you want to download that folder Note that this is directory view www.ssric.org

42. Saving the Files www.ssric.org

43. Select the Folder www.ssric.org

44. Open the Data in SPSS 2 1 www.ssric.org

45. Other Field Resources SSRIC Field Poll Guide Field News Releases and California Opinion Indexes www.ssric.org

46. Explore Field www.ssric.org

47. 10 MINUTE BREAK! www.ssric.org

48. The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research www.ssric.org

49. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu Roper Express iPoll RoperExplorer www.ssric.org

50. Searching for Data Sets Hover overQuick Links Then click “Search for Datasets” www.ssric.org