Where and how to find the data and literature: Library and campus resources Dean Rowan Jon Stiles Nicole Boyle Su Li U. C. Berkeley 10/9/2014
Overview of quantitative empirical research (stepwise procedures) 1. Research Question 2. Hypothesis construction 3. Research design: concepts quantification (variables) 4. Data collection/Data finding (data coding and cleaning) 5. Data analysis (model construction) 6. Results interpretation Copy Right. Su Li. Berkeley Law Literature Review Data resources
Literature review---Hypothesis construction & Research design where and how to find relevant literature: Dean Rowan Secondary data resources—Data finding Su Li Dean Rowan Jon Stiles Nicole Boyle
Secondary Data Resources I: Some public/restricted quantitative data resources General The Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR): The Roper Center Public Opinion Archive: sets.html The Social Science Electronic Data Library (SSEDL data archives Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS): Copy Right. Su Li. Berkeley Law
Secondary Datasets II: Census and National Surveys The Census Bureau: Minnesota Population Center Integrated Public Use Microdata Series( IMPUS):
Secondary Datasets III: Law and Legal Profession American Bar Foundation After the J.D. (AJD )data ons/AftertheJD/AJD_Data_Access.html ons/AftertheJD/AJD_Data_Access.html The U.S. Supreme Court Database TracFed: Public Access to Court Election Records: Lex Machina: IP law,
Secondary Datasets IV: Berkeley Law Statewide Database:
UC Berkeley resources: D-lab: California Census Research Data Center (public and restricted census data) CSLS BELS data link Immigration topics data (Irene Bloemraad): data_sets/intro.shtml data_sets/intro.shtml Berkeley Library Data lab:
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