Wednesday, May 20, 2009

New from OECD: Society at a Glance reveals evolving social trends in OECD countries

Press release on 04/05/2009 - The French spend more time sleeping than anyone else in OECD countries. They also devote more time to eating than anyone else and nearly double that of Americans, Canadians or Mexicans. The Japanese sleep nearly an hour less every night than the French and also spend longer at work and commuting than they do indulging in leisure activities.
These are some of the insights into the differing ways in which OECD countries use that most fundamental of resources, time, in the latest edition of Society at a Glance.

See Data and indicators link for spreadsheets of latest social indicator data.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

ICPSR Webinar May 19: Multi-record and Hierarchical Set-up Files for ICPSR studies in SPSS





Join ICPSR for a Webinar on May 19:
Title: Multi-record and Hierarchical Set-up Files for ICPSR studies in SPSS
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Time: 1:00 AM - 2:00 PM EDT

This webinar will discuss the similarities and differences between multi-record and hierarchical set-up files for ICPSR studies. Codebooks for ICPSR studies will be reviewed to illustrate the similarities and differences of the set-up files being discussed. We will create a multi-record set-up file and consider the obstacles in creating a hierarchical one.

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/462579450

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System Requirements

PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newe