ICPSR Summer Program 2010

Learn more about the ICPSR Summer Program for quantitative researchers.


Courses range from beginning to advanced levels in statistics, data analysis, methodology and research design primarily held at the U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Workshops are 3 days to 8 weeks in length and include some specialized sessions on quantitative research on Race and Ethnicity, Crime, Health Care and Game Theory.

For details and pricing go to: ICPSR Summer Program
Questions, including stipend information contact: Barbara Mento, barbara.mento@bc.edu

ICPSR Webinar: Broadening the Scope and Range of Minority Data: Making data on underrepresented populations accessible

Description: This webinar outlines ICPSR's continuing efforts to provide and make available more data about underrepresented populations for researchers to explore important questions and relationships . In late 2009, ICPSR redesigned and renamed the Minority Data Resource Center (MDRC) to the Resource Center for Minority Data (RCMD). The focus will be on the website’s new layout and resources, the revised structure of the RCMD, and the current goals and programs for this archive’s future.

Title: Broadening the Scope and Range of Minority Data: Making data on underrepresented populations accessible
Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Register

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

New Wharton Research Data Services Web

Visit the new Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) Website at the following url:

http://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu/

A WRDS account is required to visit this website. For information about data subscriptions and how to request a WRDS account click here.

Boston College provides access to over 20 data subscriptions, now all listed on the left navigation bar.

See the latest updates and additions to data and check out the latest available online training under the E-LEARNING tab. There is much more context specific help both for finding the right data and extracting that data efficiently.

Under the TOOLS tab try the variable search to see which subscriptions have the data you need!

Any Questions? Contact Barbara Mento, Data/GIS Librarian

Compustat University March eLearning Schedule Tuesday March 23, 2010

CD200 Compustat North American Data

Maximize the Potential builds on CD101 Why Compustat Data and was designed to help provide answers to your most common questions about data collection and restatement procedures. Learn how to effectively incorporate Compustat Footnotes and Analyst Notes into your data analysis.

Register to attend the next webinar, Tuesday, March 23rd.

You can also register for CD101 Why Compustat Data class on
Monday, March 22nd.

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


Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
Register

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