Thursday, April 28, 2011

New ICPSR Search Capabilities


View Webinar Describing New ICPSR Search Capabilities



This webinar gives an overview of the new search capabilities available on the ICPSR Web site. The new search contains several improvements, including the ability to better refine search results, and to search through the text of study documentation and variables. The session is presented by Matthew Richardson of ICPSR’s Web team.

Questions? Contact ICPSR liaison Barbara Mento

New Cross-Tabs Feature for Roper iPoll

Cross-tabs are now available in Roper Center iPOLL. iPOLL Databank now offers demographic cross-tabulations for over 50,000 questions asked in the US since 2000. The group data is integrated directly into iPOLL and is presented automatically with the question results wherever available. Look for a blue and green star and click on RoperExplorer!

Also browse the latest Hot Topics:

Defense Spending
Economy
Health Care
Immigration
News Media
Taxes

Questions? Contact Barbara Mento

Monday, April 11, 2011

2011 ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research

ICPSR offers summer lectures and workshops on a wide variety of topics in research design, quantitative reasoning, statistical methods, and data processing. Most session are in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but sessions have been added in: Amherst, MA; Bloomington, IN; Chapel Hill, NC; and (for the first time) Berkeley, CA.

For course descriptions, application form, registration instructions, fee structure, and further information about the ICPSR Summer Program are all available on the ICPSR web site: http://icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/

Please feel free to e‑mail ICPSR or myself with any further questions at: sumprog@icpsr.umich.edu
Barbara Mento, ICPSR contact: barbara.mento@bc.edu
Our membership offers a small stipend to support the cost.

Sample courses:
  • Time Series Analysis: An Introduction for Social Scientists
  • Quantitative Analysis of Crime and Criminal Justice
  • Panel Data Analysis Using SAS and SPSS and another on Panel Data Analysis Using Stata
  • Mixed Methods: Approaches for Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Research Strategies Chapel Hill, NC)
  • Rational Choice Theories of Politics and Society
  • Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis, I
  • Analyzing Developmental Trajectories (Amherst, MA)
  • Hierarchical Linear Models I: Introduction (Amherst, MA)