When:
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
Where: North Campus Parking Garage/Academic Building, 2300, 2311 N Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Jackie Milhans
(847) 467-4592
Group: Northwestern Information Technology
Category: Training
Instructor: Anne Zald, Research and Learning Services; Northwestern University Library
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is the largest social science data archive in the world. ICPSR data cover topics including sociology, political science, economics, demography, education, childcare, health care, crime, minority populations, aging, terrorism, substance abuse, mental health, public policy, and international relations. In addition to datasets and codebooks, ICPSR offers excellent research and teaching tools such as the Social Science Variables Database (SSVD) for online exploratory analysis of datasets, data labs for teaching research methods, and guidelines for writing data management plans. In this workshop, you will learn how you can utilize all of these resources to enhance your research and teaching.
This workshop will introduce:
• How to effectively search, download, and begin analysis of datasets
• How to use ICPSR’s Web-based tools and resources
• Information about beginning and advanced summer classes in quantitative methods/statistics
• Opportunities for students (internships and paper competitions)