ICPSR: Introduction to NACDA: National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging, February 23, 2010

This ICPSR webinar is a demonstration of the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) located within ICPSR. Funded by the National Institute on Aging, NACDA acquires and preserves data relevant to gerontological research, processing as needed to promote effective research use, disseminates them to researchers, and facilitates their use.

This webinar is free and open to the public.

Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST


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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 newer

Questions? Contact: Barbara Mento: barbara.mento@bc.edu, ICPSR representative.

Compustat North America Data - Maximize the Potential

From Compustat University

This webinar builds on the existing "Why Compustat Data" Class and has been designed to help provide answers to your questions about Compustat North American Data collection and Restatement procedures. In addition, this class will teach you how to effectively incorporate Compustat Footnotes and Analyst Notes into your data analysis. Sign up for the first session on February 25th.

Locating and Using Data for Secondary Research 12:00 - 1:30 Feb 4

Boston College offers many sources and repositories of data for secondary research in the social sciences, education, nursing, economics, business and other disciplines. This workshop is particularly geared to researchers who need to access, analyze and manipulate data from BC's subscription data repositories. This tutorial will help you: find the data you need for your research or class project; learn about the Boston College collection of data resources in the Statistical Data Catalog; and how to download the data onto your desktop, including how to import into quantitative analytical tools such as SPSS. Get a tour of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, a data archive that includes over 5,000 datasets. We will also discuss the library’s guides to key Business, Economics, Education, Health, and General U.S. and cross-national data sources. Topics may be customized based on attendees’ research interests. Please contact datasupport@bc.edu for more information.

Feb 4, 2010 12:00 - 1:30 pm O’Neill 307