1. MADGIC Workshop Series, 2006 MADGIC Presents: Don’t Let Data Get You DOWN! How to make the most of your data resources

2. MADGIC Workshop Series, 2006 About the Data Centre (http://www.library.carleton.ca/ssdata) u Established in 1966 u Located near the information desk at MADGIC u Holds a wide variety of data sets from various sources u Provides consultation on the use of data in teaching and research

3. MADGIC Workshop Series, 2006 Canadian Data Sources u Statistics Canada through DLI u Public opinion polls u Gallup Canada u POLLARA u Listening to Canadians u CRIC Studies u SSHRC-funded studies

4. MADGIC Workshop Series, 2006 Data Liberation Initiative (http://www.statcan.ca/english/Dli/dli.htm) u Major breakthrough in access! u Includes all Statistics Canada’s public datafiles, databases and geographic files u Restrictions on use u Teaching u Research (non-commercial)

5. MADGIC Workshop Series, 2006 Data Liberation Initiative (cont’d) u Census 1971 - 2001 u Longitudinal data u Kid’s survey u SLID u NPHS u General Social Surveys (1-18) u CANSIM

6. MADGIC Workshop Series, 2006 Data Liberation Initiative (cont’d) u Absence from Work u Violence Against Women u Volunteer Activity Survey u Literacy (national and international) u Household Internet Use u many, many more … 250 and counting

7. MADGIC Workshop Series, 2006 Public Opinion Polls u Gallup Canada u 1945-2000 u Most comprehensive collection in existence u POLLARA u Quarterly reports (1992-2002) u Special topics (1990-1998)

8. MADGIC Workshop Series, 2006 Public Opinion Polls (cont’d) u Canadian Information Office (CIO) 2000-2002 u Listening to Canadians u Now defunct u Council for Research in Canada (CRIC) 2001-2004 u Federalist agenda u Policy-related research u Under construction

9. MADGIC Workshop Series, 2006 SSHRC-funded Studies u Canadian election studies u 1965-2004 u including Referenda u Class Structure Survey u Violence in Dating Relationships

10. MADGIC Workshop Series, 2006 International Data Sources u ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) u ISSP (International Social Survey Programme) u ESS (European Social Survey) u Many others ….

11. MADGIC Workshop Series, 2006 ICPSR (http://www.icpsr.umich.edu) u 500-member data cooperative u More than 40,000 datasets u Mostly US, but a good collection of international data u World-renowned summer program in social statistics

12. MADGIC Workshop Series, 2006 ISSP (1985-2004) (http://www.issp.org) u Data from nearly 40 countries u Canada joined in 1992 u Carleton collects Canadian data u Annual survey/theme repeated about every 5 years u Great source for comparative analyses

13. MADGIC Workshop Series, 2006 ISSP (cont’d) u Topics include: u Role of government/national identity u Social inequality u Environment u Family and gender roles u Work orientations u Religion

14. MADGIC Workshop Series, 2006 European Social Survey ( http://ess.nsd.uib.no/index.jsp) u Biennial (2002-03, 2004-05) u 20 nations u Attitudes, beliefs and behaviour patterns u Free academic access

15. Things to remember about surveys u Sponsorship u who paid for the study? u Do they have an agenda? u Who collected the data? u Do they have a reputation for accuracy? MADGIC Workshop Series, 2006

16. Services Offered u Help u Finding the right survey u Subsets u Creation of tailored subsets for use in SPSS for Windows u Consulting u What do I do with what I have? u How do I interpret it? u What is goodness-of-fit?

17. MADGIC Workshop Series, 2006 Contact Information u Data Centre x 2619 u ssdata@ccs.carleton.ca u Wendy Watkins x 8376 u wwatkins@ccs.carleton.ca u Jane Fry x 1121 u jfry@ccs.carleton.ca