1. Social Science Data Bases CSU Fresno October 30, 2009

2. Sponsored by http://www.ssric.org

3. Workshop Agenda  Overview of the SSRIC  Data Archives ICPSR ICPSR Field Field Roper Roper  Other Workshops

4. SSRIC http://www.ssric.org http://www.ssric.org

5. 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

6. The Council  Annual student research conference at Sacramento in 2009 at Sacramento in 2009 at Pomona in 2010 at Pomona in 2010  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  Works with Field Research Question credits Question credits Faculty fellow Faculty fellow

7. 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

8. 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

9.  Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)  Field Poll  Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Social Science Databases

10. 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: ICPSR: first time, uses library proxy server first time, uses library proxy server after that, you can access from anywhere but you must reauthenticate every 6 months after that, you can access from anywhere but you must reauthenticate every 6 months

11. ICPSR Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

12. 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

13. http://icpsr.org Find data Teaching

14. Using ICPSR Direct  Locate the study  Select the data for download  Download the data  Import the data for statistical analysis

15. Find and Analyze Data Find data Analyze data online Topical archives

16. Searching for Data Type in key words (e.g., gun control) Click search Search terms are not case sensitive if all lower case

17. Search Results Sort by time period (newest) Click on link

18. Downloading the data View study description Download all files

19. Agree to the Terms of Use

20. Saving the Files

21. Select Folder Where you Want to Save it

22. Unzip the File   The file has been saved as a zip file   Unzip it by double clicking on the file name (xxxxx.zip)   Extract all the files

23. 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

24. Open the File in SPSS

25. Other Types of Files you Might Encounter  SPSS portable (.por) files Will work on all platforms Will work on all platforms Tell SPSS to look for a.por file Tell SPSS to look for a.por file  Raw data (ASCII) file with SPSS syntax (.sps) file You’ll have to create your own.sav file You’ll have to create your own.sav file See next slide See next slide  Raw data file with only a codebook You’ll have to create your own syntax file You’ll have to create your own syntax file SPSS Intro workshop discusses how to do this SPSS Intro workshop discusses how to do this

26. What’s a Syntax File?  A syntax file is a set of commands to convert a raw ASCII data file into an SPSS system file  ASCII + SPSS syntax file = SPSS system file  For More Information: http://www.ssric.org/data/icpsr_direct#syntax http://www.ssric.org/data/icpsr_direct#syntax

27. Other ICPSR Resources  SSRIC ICPSR Guide SSRIC ICPSR Guide SSRIC ICPSR Guide  ICPSR Data Use Tutorial ICPSR Data Use Tutorial ICPSR Data Use Tutorial  Social Science Variables Database Social Science Variables Database Social Science Variables Database

28. The Field Poll

29. 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. Accessing Field Data  Set up your browser  Find polls and data sets  Download data sets

31. 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. Finding Polls  Find the poll number News Releases (www.field.com) News Releases (www.field.com)www.field.com American Public Opinion Index American Public Opinion Index Check with your library for printed and/or microfiche versions Check with your library for printed and/or microfiche versions The CALPOLL window The CALPOLL window Accessible via UCData Accessible via UCData  You will be using the poll number to select the data set for download.

33. Searching Polls with UCDATA  Uses SDA  Does not include last couple of years  Gives you the frequency distributions of the variables you select

34. UC Data http://ucdata.berkeley.edu http://ucdata.berkeley.edu Click on Field Polls

35. Field Polls on UCDATA Click on search

36. Searching I selected 2000’s

37. Keywords Enter gun control

38. Search Results Click View

39. Results from SDA

40. Downloading the Data Click Download

41. Choosing the File Double click cal0003 since you want to download that folder Note that this is directory view

42. Saving the Files

43. Select the Folder

44. Open the Data in SPSS 1 2

45. 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. The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

47. http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu Access to iPOLL Access to Roper Express Data

48. Searching for Data Sets Click Quick Links Then click search for datasets

49. Searching for Data Sets  Specify Keywords Keywords Date range Date range Country Country

50. Searching for Data Sets Enter keywords (gun control)

51. Search Results Clicking here brings up study description Study available on Roper Express

52. Study Description

53. Downloading the Files Study documentation Download SPSS Portable (.por) file Frequencies

54. 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

55. Saving the File

56. Where to Save it

57. Opening the.por file in SPSS Note that I have told SPSS to look for a.por file

58. SPSS File

59. 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

60. Login to iPOLL Your email address is your login

61. 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

62. Search

63. Results Click for question wording and frequencies

64. Reviewing iPOLL Results

65. Polls and Polling Resources Polling resources

66. Polling 101

67. Other Roper Resources  SSRIC Roper Guide SSRIC Roper Guide SSRIC Roper Guide

68. Other Workshops

69. Workshops on SPSS   SPSS – introductory workshop Creating SPSS data file Transforming data Descriptive statistics   SPSS – intermediate workshop Crosstabulations Using means Correlation and regression Charts

70. 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

71. 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?

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