1. 1 Social Science Data Bases Humboldt State University May 6, 2011 www.ssric.org

2. Sponsors and the http://www.ssric.org College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences http://www.humboldt.edu/cahss/ May 6, 2011www.ssric.org2

3. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org3 Presenters  Stephanie Burkhalter, Politics, Humboldt State University Stephanie.Burkhalter@humboldt.edu Stephanie.Burkhalter@humboldt.eduStephanie.Burkhalter@humboldt.edu  John L. Korey, Political Science, Cal Poly Pomona jlkorey@csupomona.edu jlkorey@csupomona.edu  Josh Meisel, Sociology, Humboldt State University meisel@humboldt.edu

4. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org4 The Council  Oldest CSU affinity group (since 1972)  Representatives from CSU campuses meet three times per year  Negotiates with data providers for access to data  Promotes use of data analysis in research and teaching

5. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org5 The Council  Annual student research conference April 29, San Jose State http://www.ssric.org/participate/src April 29, San Jose State http://www.ssric.org/participate/src http://www.ssric.org/participate/src  Sponsors travel to ICPSR summer workshops in Ann Arbor, Michigan http://www.ssric.org/participate/icpsr_summer http://www.ssric.org/participate/icpsr_summer http://www.ssric.org/participate/icpsr_summer  Field Poll Faculty Fellowship (deadline April 15) http://www.ssric.org/participate/field_institut e http://www.ssric.org/participate/field_institut e http://www.ssric.org/participate/field_institut e

6. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org6 SSRIC http://www.ssric.org http://www.ssric.org

7. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org7 Workshop Agenda  Overview of the SSRIC  Data Archives ICPSR ICPSR Field Field Roper Roper  Teaching with Data  Brainstorming Your Ideas  Other Data  Your Feedback

8. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org8 Social Science Databases  The California State University subscribes to social science databases to support teaching teaching research research administration administration  Available to campuses by annual subscription

9. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org9 Social Science Databases  Assistance from the SSRIC Note: SSRIC members are not staff data consultants or technical assistance providers, but we will do what we can to help students, faculty, and staff to access data Note: SSRIC members are not staff data consultants or technical assistance providers, but we will do what we can to help students, faculty, and staff to access data  Campus representatives http://www.ssric.org/reps http://www.ssric.org/reps

10. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org10  Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)  Field Poll  Census Data  Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Social Science Databases

11. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org11 Accessing the data bases  On-campus access to data bases is IP authenticated  Off-campus access Field: not available Field: not available Roper: uses library as proxy server -- works just like other library data bases Roper: uses library as proxy server -- works just like other library data bases ICPSR: first time, uses library proxy server, after that, you can access from anywhere but you must reauthenticate every 6 months ICPSR: first time, uses library proxy server, after that, you can access from anywhere but you must reauthenticate every 6 months

12. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org12 ICPSR Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research http://www.icpsr.org

13. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org13 ICPSR  Primary social science data archive for the U.S.  Founded in 1962; CSU joined in 1972 Over 600 member institutions worldwide Over 600 member institutions worldwide600 member institutions 600 member institutions  Services Vast data archive accessible via the web (ICPSR Direct) Vast data archive accessible via the web (ICPSR Direct) Summer program Summer program Instructional resources Instructional resources

14. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org14 ICPSR Teaching

15. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org15 ICPSR

16. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org16 ICPSR

17. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org17 Using ICPSR Direct  Locate the study  Select the data for download  Download the data  Import the data for statistical analysis

18. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org18 Find and Analyze Data Find data Analyze data online Topical archives

19. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org19 Searching for Data Type in key words (e.g., gun control) Click search Search terms are not case sensitive if all lower case

20. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org20 Search Results Sort by time period (newest) Click on link

21. May 6, 201121 Downloading the data View study description Download all files www.ssric.org

22. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org22 Agree to the Terms of Use

23. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org23 Saving the Files

24. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org24 Select Files and Place Them Where You Want to Save Them

25. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org25 What’s in the File?   Look in the layers of subfolders until you find the DS0001 folder   It will include the: Codebook (pdf file) Questionnaire (pdf file) SPSS file (in this case, it’s a.sav file) Other files

26. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org26 Open the sav File in SPSS

27. Explore ICPSR May 6, 2011www.ssric.org27

28. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org28 The Field Poll

29. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org29 The Field (California) Poll  Established in 1947  Independent, non-partisan survey of California public opinion  Wide range of political and social topics  Multiple polls each year Mervin Field http://www.field.com

30. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org30 Accessing Field Data  Set up your browser  Find polls and data sets  Download data sets

31. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org31 Setting up your browser  Requires setting passive FTP access  Can set up browser for folder view or FTP directory view  See the instructions for details: http://www.ssric.org/data/field_polls  You will only need to do this once for your browser and user account

32. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org32 Finding Polls  Find the poll number Field Poll Archives (http://field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/) Field Poll Archives (http://field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/)http://field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/ American Public Opinion Index American Public Opinion Index Check with your library for printed and/or microfiche versionsCheck with your library for printed and/or microfiche versions The CALPOLL window The CALPOLL window Accessible via UCDataAccessible via UCData  You will be using the poll number to select the data set for download.

33. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org33 Searching Polls with UCDATA  Uses SDA  Does not include last couple of years  Gives you the frequency distributions of the variables you select

34. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org34 UC Data http://ucdata.berkeley.edu http://ucdata.berkeley.edu Click on Field Polls

35. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org35 Field Polls on UCDATA Click on search

36. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org36 Searching I selected 2000’s

37. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org37 Keywords Enter gun control

38. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org38 Search Results Click View

39. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org39 Results from SDA

40. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org40 Downloading the Data Click Download

41. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org41 Choosing the File Double click cal0003 since you want to download that folder Note that this is directory view

42. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org42 Saving the Files

43. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org43 Select the Folder

44. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org44 Open the Data in SPSS 1 2

45. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org45 Other Field Resources  SSRIC Field Poll Guide SSRIC Field Poll Guide SSRIC Field Poll Guide  Field News Releases and California Opinion Indexes Field News Releases and California Opinion Indexes Field News Releases and California Opinion Indexes

46. Explore Field May 6, 2011www.ssric.org46

47. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org 10 MINUTE BREAK! 47

48. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org48 The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

49. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org49 http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu Roper Express Roper Explorer iPoll

50. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org50 Searching for Data Sets Hover over Quick Links Then click “Search for Datasets”

51. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org51 Sign In

52. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org52 Sign In

53. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org53 Searching for Data Sets  Specify Keywords Keywords Date range Date range Country Country

54. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org54 Searching for Data Sets Enter Search Terms Click on “Search”

55. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org55 Search Results Download Data Examine Questions Online Analysis

56. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org56 Dataset Abstract Study Description Download Data

57. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org57 Downloading the Files Click on “Download Dataset” Click on SPSS portable file

58. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org58 Downloading the Files

59. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org59 What if nothing is available?  Some documentation and/or data sets are not available on-line. If you are interested in one of these, email the survey number and the title to: Ed Nelson at ednelson@csufresno.edu ednelson@csufresno.edu

60. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org60 View Questions in iPOLL

61. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org61 Get Question Details

62. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org62 Question Details

63. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org63 Online Analysis

64. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org64 Run Analysis

65. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org65 Analysis - Results

66. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org66 More About iPOLL  Data base of over 500,000 questions  Includes frequency distributions allowing students to do trend analysis online  You will not need a user name or password from on- campus, since the CSU will be IP authenticated. You will be prompted for your email address

67. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org67 Log in to iPOLL

68. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org68 Searching iPOLL  Search for keyword  Click on Boolean or Wildcard for help  Let’s search for relig% (note: % is the wildcard)  Select the topic of religion  Use date from 1/1/2000 to today’s date

69. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org69 Search

70. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org70 Results

71. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org71 Instructional Resources Click here Then choose one of these

72. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org72 Fundamentals of Polling

73. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org73 Analyzing Polls

74. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org74 Teaching Tools

75. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org75 Other Roper Resources  SSRIC Roper Guide SSRIC Roper Guide SSRIC Roper Guide

76. Explore Roper May 6, 2011www.ssric.org76

77. Teaching with Data Online Resources  Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA)  Teachingwithdata.org  ICPSR Teaching and Learning Resources May 6, 201177www.ssric.org

78. Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA)  Overview http://sda.berkeley.edu/ http://sda.berkeley.edu/  What is online analysis?  Available SDA data sets  Available Statistical procedures  Using SDA May 6, 201178www.ssric.org

79. What is Online Analysis?  “Online data analysis" refers to the ability to perform statistical analysis using special Web-based software as an alternative to downloading data into a statistical package on your computer. May 6, 201179www.ssric.org

80. Data sets used in SDA Analysis  From the SDA main page, click on Archive Tab to see a list of datasets available through Website, for example:  General Social Survey (GSS) Cumulative Datafile (1972-2010)  American National Election Survey (ANES) Cumulative Datafile (1948-2004).  U.S. Census microdata (PUMS)  List of other sources for SDA data sets: (http://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/datasets.html) http://www.csulb.edu/library/eref/datasets.html May 6, 201180www.ssric.org

81. Available Statistical Procedures in SDA  Frequencies and cross-tabulation  Comparison of means  Correlation matrix  Comparison of correlations  Multiple regression  Logit/Probit regression May 6, 201181www.ssric.org

82. Using SDA-Quick Tables Political party identification by race  Quick Tables have variables pre-set for illustration purposes  Click on GSS Cumulative Datafile 1972-2010 Quick Tables  Click on Politics and Voting by Background Variables  Political party will appear in the first box; in the second box change gender to race May 6, 201182www.ssric.org

83. Using SDA-Quick Tables, cont.  Below race, next to “Limit the table to a certain year or decade” scroll through the drop-down selection and select 2010  Under “Chart Options” choose Bar Chart  Choose yes by clicking on the box next to “show percents”  Click on Create the Table May 6, 201183www.ssric.org

84. Using SDA: Analysis  Click on GSS 1972-2008 Cumulative Data File  The default page appears for Frequencies/ Crosstabs  Other types of Analysis (e.g. comparison of means and regression) can be accessed through the Analysis tab in top left corner May 6, 201184www.ssric.org

85. Using SDA: Crosstabs Does intensity of religious affiliation determine views of pornography laws?  In the Search box above the list of variables, enter RELITEN, then click Go  On the next screen, click on the link for RELITEN; this will place it in the Selected box on the main crosstabs page  Once RELITEN is in the Selected box, click on View next to that box to read the question  Below the Selected box on the main page, click on Col to bring RELITEN to the column box on righthand analysis section May 6, 201185www.ssric.org

86. Using SDA: Crosstabs  Repeat this procedure for the variable PORNLAW  Since PORNLAW is the dependent variable, once PORNLAW is in the Selected Box click on Row  Under Table Options, check Summary statistics and Question text (Color coding should already be checked)  Under Chart Options, click on Pie chart in the drop down menu  Click on Run the Table May 6, 201186www.ssric.org

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89. Teachingwithdata.org  Overview: www.teachingwithdata.org www.teachingwithdata.org  NSF-funded project to help instructors increase quantitative literacy of students in a range of social science disciplines  Under Data Resources under Tables & Figures click on Exercises with Data  Return to the main page and search for resources by discipline or subject. May 6, 201189www.ssric.org

90. ICPSR Teaching and Learning Resources  Log-in to your ICPSR account  Click on Teaching & Learning  Click on link for On-line learning center  At the next screen, click on Browse by Subject  Scroll down and click on partisanship and then on partisanship again. A “Data-driven learning guide” should pop up May 6, 201190www.ssric.org

91. ICPSR Teaching and Learning Resources  Return to the main Teaching & Learning page  Scroll down to Web-based Instructional Modules and choose Voting Behavior in the 2008 Election, then click again on the icon for 2008 election.  This is a complete module on the 2008 American National Election Survey (ANES) with integrated data analysis exercises using SDA May 6, 201191www.ssric.org

92. ICPSR Teaching and Learning Resources  Explore the module by completing Exercise 1, Part A with your knowledge of SDA May 6, 201192www.ssric.org

93. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org93 Other Workshops

94. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org94 Workshops on SPSS   SPSS – introductory workshop Creating SPSS data file Transforming data Descriptive statistics   SPSS – intermediate workshop Crosstabulations Using means Correlation and regression Charts

95. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org95 Workshop on Online Statistical Analysis   SDA (Survey Documentation and Analysis) Requires no site license Extremely easy to learn Excellent for classes where you want to introduce students to statistical analysis Tools available – frequencies, crosstabulations, correlation and regression

96. May 6, 2011www.ssric.org96 Workshop on Data in the Classroom   Statistical literacy – issues and examples Causality Experimental and survey design Unintentional consequences Sampling and statistical inference Change over time   Where do we get the data?