Social Science Data and Software (SSDS) Blog: September 2008 Archives

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September 30, 2008

From ESRI Libraries & GIS News, Fall 2008

Introducing ArcGIS Online Services - GIS Data Services

ArcGIS Online Services provides access to high-quality basemaps (street maps, imagery, topography) for use in ArcMap, ArcGIS Explorer, and Web applications. Hosted and maintained by ESRI, ArcGIS Online Services provides access to terabytes of data on demand, so there's no need to store and manage updates at your site. Standard services are available at no cost for noncommercial use, and premium services are available by subscription.

* Standard services include a world street map,
15-meter imagery for the world with 1-meter resolution for the United States, 90-meter elevation for the world with 30-meter elevation for the United States, and topographic maps from the National Geographic Society for the United States.

* Premium services include high-resolution imagery for the United States and content from Microsoft Virtual Earth services.

The ArcGIS Online Resource Center provides previews of both standard and premium services including metadata (resolution, accuracy, date, source). Free trials are available for premium services. Learn more.

Improved PDF Support in ArcGIS 9.3

ArcGIS 9.3 has improved functionality for exporting maps to Adobe PDF format. Feature attributes can now be included in exported PDFs and accessed by Adobe Reader users. ArcGIS 9.3 also adds support for the new geospatial capabilities in the PDF formats introduced in Adobe Acrobat 9 including support for coordinate readout, find x,y measurement, and markup.

For example, recipients of PDF map documents can now query and identify feature attributes, find and display a location on the map using x,y coordinates, and measure features directly on the map. Some features require the Adobe Reader 9 or Acrobat 9 Pro or higher. Learn more.

All Landsat Data to Be Available at No Cost

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is pursuing an aggressive schedule to provide users with electronic access to any Landsat scene held in the USGS-managed national archive of global scenes dating back to Landsat 1, which was launched in 1972, by February 2009. Currently, newly acquired Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data covering North America and Africa is already distributed by the USGS over the Internet at no charge, with plans for the full archive of historic Landsat 7 ETM+ data to be available for selection and downloading by the end of September 2008. Data from Landsat 1-5 will become available by February 2009.

Landsat scenes can be previewed and downloaded using the USGS Global Visualization Viewer at http://glovis.usgs.gov (under "Select Collection" choose Landsat archive: L7 SLC-off [2003-present]). Scenes can also be selected using the USGS Earth Explorer tool at http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov.

Posted by ronbo at 05:36 PM

ICPSR Online Learning Center - Opening Doors to Quantitative Literacy!

ICPSR is pleased to announce the official launch of the Online Learning Center (OLC). The site is located at: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/OLC/ and can be found under the Courses & Learning Tools tab on the ICPSR front page.

ICPSR’s Online Learning Center (OLC) supports quantitative literacy in the social sciences by providing an effective and reliable means of bringing data into the classroom. OLC tools were designed, built, and tested by teaching faculty.

Currently numbering 30 (with more added continually), our Data-Driven Learning Guides are designed for in-class presentation or as supplemental activities for students demonstrating a variety of types of data analysis and substantive concepts. Available on-demand 24/7, DDLGs:

* Demonstrate core concepts using prepared data with missing data and weights accommodated.
* Avoid the hassles of software licensing, setup, and instruction.
* Are easily customized to your teaching approach and syllabus.
* Are appropriate as supplemental exercises or for in-class demonstrations.

Please share this with your teaching community. We look forward to your feedback and suggestions via email, the OLC Blog, or the OLC listserv all available through the OLC website.

Need materials to publicize the OLC resource? ICPSR has a promotional packet ready for mailed distribution to our members. Please email us with the number of copies desired and the preferred mailing address.

Best wishes for the academic season!

Lynette Hoelter, Ph.D.
Educational Resource Director, ICPSR

Linda Detterman
Marketing & Membership Director, ICPSR

Posted by ronbo at 01:40 PM

New IES Report from the National Center for Education Statistics: "Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2008"

The National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences has released the report "Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2008."

This report examines both the educational progress of American Indian/Alaska Native children and adults and challenges in their education. It shows that over time more American Indian/Alaska Native students have gone on to college and that their attainment expectations have increased. Despite these gains, progress has been uneven and differences persist between American Indian/Alaska Native students and students of other racial/ethnic groups on key indicators of educational performance.

To view, download and print the report as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008084

Posted by ronbo at 10:00 AM

September 29, 2008

From MAPSS list: David Rogosa continues the MAPSS quarter on HLM

This quarter, the Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences will be focusing on Hierarchical Models. Come on Thursday for more on Hierarchical Models by Stanford Professor of Statistics David Rogosa.

Pizza will be served outside Building 200 (History) Room 124 at 12:00PM, talk starts at 12:15PM. (RSVP for food at http://www.stanford.edu/group/mapss/colloquium/rsvp_signup.html)

Thursday, October 2nd
12:15 PM
Building 200 (History) - Room 305

Groups and Growth Curves: Stuff you don't know?

Continue the introduction to multi-level data and random-effects models with a set of three examples: contextual effects, public/private comparison in High School and Beyond, and analysis of collections of growth (learning) curves. Although time is extremely limited, actual data analyses will be presented using lme in R (and some legacy SAS). More material is available from weeks 4 and 9 of Stat209 (http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~rag/stat209)

David Rogosa graduated from Princeton and has been at Stanford a long, long time and you can link to him through his web page http://www.stanford.edu/~rag/ for more info.

MAPSS is an interdisciplinary methodology program designed to expose researchers to diverse modes of data collection and analysis from across the social sciences. MAPSS offers a colloquium series, a workshop, a graduate certificate program, and various research resources. If you would like to learn more about the Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences (MAPSS), please check out our website at mapss.stanford.edu.

All members of the Stanford community are invited to attend and to RSVP in advance to reserve food.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/mapss/colloquium/rsvp_signup.html.

Lunch will be served at 12:00 for those who have RSVP'd; the talks start at 12:15.
For more information, please contact mapss-info@lists.stanford.edu.

Posted by ronbo at 04:57 PM

Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2008-09-28

Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive
along with a list of released data collections that have been updated:

New Additions

20001 Growth of American Families, 1960
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/20001.xml

20402 Outcome Evaluation of the Comprehensive Indian Resources for
Community and Law Enforcement (CIRCLE) Project With Data From Nine Tribes
in the United States, 1995-2004
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/20402.xml

21220 Temporal Variation in Rates of Police Notification by Victims of
Rape, 1973-2000 [United States]
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/21220.xml

21360 CBS News Monthly Poll #1, January 2007
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/21360.xml

21920 CBS News Monthly Poll #2, January 2007
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/21920.xml

22412 Follow-up 1974 Survey of a Representative Sample of Men Employed in
Civilian Occupations in the United States in 1964, and Initial Survey of
Their Wives
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/22412.xml

23000 Evaluation of Better Jobs, Better Care: Frontline Supervisor Survey,
2005-2007 [Iowa, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont]
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/23000.xml

23360 Capital Punishment in the United States, 1973-2006
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/23360.xml

Updates

2200 Dynamics of Population Aging in Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Countries, Census Microdata Samples: Bulgaria, 1992
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/02200.xml

2572 Status of Older Persons in Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Countries, Census Microdata Samples: Latvia, 1989
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/02572.xml

2637 Washington Post Starr Report Poll, September 1998
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/02637.xml

3292 Status of Older Persons in Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Countries, Census Microdata Samples: Turkey, 1990
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/03292.xml

3297 Minority Aging and Health
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/03297.xml

3758 Community Tracking Study and Related Studies: Monitoring Change in the
American Health Care System [Data: 1993-2001, Reports 1995-2003]
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/03758.xml

3952 Status of Older Persons in Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Countries, Census Microdata Samples: Lithuania, 1989
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/03952.xml

4017 German Politbarometers, 1977-2002
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/04017.xml

6780 Dynamics of Population Aging in Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Countries, Census Microdata Samples: Estonia, 1989
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/06780.xml

6797 Dynamics of Population Aging in Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Countries, Census Microdata Samples: Finland, 1990
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/06797.xml

6857 Dynamics of Population Aging in Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Countries, Census Microdata Samples: Czech Republic, 1991
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/06857.xml

6900 Dynamics of Population Aging in Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Countries, Census Microdata Samples: Romania, 1992
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/06900.xml

22161 Uniform Crime Reports [United States]: Supplementary Homicide Reports
With Multiple Imputation, Cumulative Files 1976-2005
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/22161.xml

You can also view a list of all studies added and updated in the last
ninety days by visiting the ICPSR Web site at
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/access/recent.html.

Posted by ronbo at 01:25 PM

From MAR (Minorities at Risk) list: New dataset on ethnically based organizations released

The Minorities at Risk project is pleased to announce the release of the Minorities at Risk Organizational Behavior (MAROB) dataset for the Middle East and North Africa. This new dataset covers 112 organizations representing 22 ethnic groups in 12 countries, providing information on 163 variables on an annual basis from 1980-2004. Variables included cover organizational characteristics, state-organization relations, external support, and organizational behavior (nonviolent, violent and criminal).

The MAROB data (in ASCII, SPSS and STATA formats) and codebook are available at www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar/data.asp. Please direct any questions about the dataset or codebook to Mary Michael, the MAR Project Coordinator at minpro@cidcm.umd.edu.

MAROB is a project of the Minorities at Risk Project (www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar) and is sponsored by the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (www.cidcm.umd.edu) and the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (www.start.umd.edu), both based at the University of Maryland.

Please feel free to circulate this announcement as appropriate.

Minorities at Risk Project
Center for International Development and Conflict Management
University of Maryland
(301) 405-7019
http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/mar
minpro@cidcm.umd.edu

Posted by ronbo at 01:12 PM

September 26, 2008

News Release: GDP by Metropolitan Area for 2006 and Revised 2004-2005

From the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA):

EMBARGOED UNTIL RELEASE AT 8:30 A.M. EDT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2008
BEA 08—44

METROPOLITAN ECONOMIC GROWTH WIDESPREAD IN 2006
2006 and Revised 2004-2005 GDP-by-Metropolitan-Area Statistics

Newly available statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show that real GDP by metropolitan area grew in 308 of 363 metropolitan (statistical) areas in 2006. Growth in the metropolitan portion of the United States was 3.2 percent in 2006, slightly greater than the 3.1 percent growth in 2005.1 Strong growth in financial industries—specifically real estate and securities, commodity contracts, and investments—accounted for 39 percent of U.S. metropolitan area GDP growth in 2006. Contraction in the construction industry tempered growth in most metropolitan areas.

For more info

Posted by ronbo at 06:18 PM

September 25, 2008

From MAPSS: Need subjects? Apply to Winter 09 REP!

The Research Experience Program (REP) is now accepting Winter 2009 applications. Applications are due October 10, 2008 at 5:00 pm.

If you intend to apply for Spring 2009, applications are due January 16th at 5:00 pm.

The REP is a program worked in joint with local community colleges to help Stanford faculty and students do experimental social science research more easily and effectively. The REP helps provide access to human participants at local community colleges. Participating in REP not only enhances your research by giving you access to a wider subject pool, it is also a great opportunity for students at local community colleges to gain first-hand exposure to experimental research in the social sciences. We accept both laboratory, especially laboratory experiments that can take place up at Foothill College, and online studies.

The website for applications can be found at: http://opinio.stanford.edu/opinio/s?s=957

Posted by ronbo at 01:46 PM

September 24, 2008

Roper Center Data Acquisitions Update, August 2008

Stanford University Libraries maintains a membership to the Roper Center and Stanford faculty, staff, and students can now download data directly accessible via Roper Express. For instructions on requesting data not available via Roper Express, click on the "Data Services - Roper" link on our SSDS web site.

The August (pdf) update contains:

• Belden & Russonello’s Human Rights in the United States conducted by Opportunity Agenda from June 20-July 8, 2007 of national adult including an oversample of Asian Americans.

• 2 new Pew Research Center polls conducted in December, 2007 and January, 2008.

• 14 new United States Information Agency surveys conducted in the 1980’s in various countries.

These notices have been archived on the Roper Center website at:
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/data/past_data_announcements.html

Posted by ronbo at 04:33 PM

ICPSR Internship Program

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), the world’s largest archive of digital social science data, is now accepting applications for its annual summer undergraduate internship program which will take place June 8 through August 14, 2009. Summer Interns will work in a UNIX environment and gain experience using statistical programs to check data for content and accuracy; prepare data for permanent archiving and distribution for secondary analysis; preserve respondent anonymity; and compose descriptions of data collections. These positions require a strong interest in social science research. Applicants should have successfully completed their undergraduate sophomore year in a social science major and possess strong analytical, research, and written and verbal communication skills. Knowledge of statistical software packages (i.e., SPSS, SAS, Stata), demonstrated leadership skills, and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks are also essential.

For more information please consult our full description of the 2009 Summer Internship Program attached or via this link http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/pdf/internship.pdf.

Thank you,

Rita Young Bantom, SPHR
ICPSR Human Resources Director
Direct: 734-615-9519
HR Assistant: 734-615-1664
Fax: 734-936-5613 (Confidential)

www.icpsr.umich.edu

Posted by ronbo at 12:45 PM

New IES report from the National Center for Education Statistics: ""Eighth Grade: First Findings From the Final Round of the Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K)"

The National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences has released the report "Eighth Grade: First Findings From the Final Round of the Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K)."

This first look uses data collected from the final round of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) when most of the cohort was in the eighth grade. This report is intended to provide a snapshot of the eighth-grade round of the ECLS-K and make the data available to encourage more in-depth analysis using more sophisticated statistical methods. It looks at multiple aspects of the cohort's middle school year; including overall achievement in reading, mathematics, and science; attainment of specific reading and mathematics proficiencies; participation in various school-sponsored activities; time spent on homework; and educational aspirations. The focus of this report is on the majority of the cohort promoted on schedule, and for these children the estimates are presented by various child and family characteristics.

To view, download and print the report as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008088

Posted by ronbo at 12:18 PM

Upcoming ECLS Data Training Seminar

The National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences will sponsor an advanced studies seminar January 7-9, 2009 in Washington, D.C. on the use of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) database. The ECLS-B is designed to support research on a wide range of topics pertaining to young children's cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development and their health status across multiple contexts (e.g., home, child care, and kindergarten).

For more details on this seminar and to register, please visit:
http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/?id=377&cid=2

Explore the ECLS website at
http://nces.ed.gov/ecls/

Posted by ronbo at 12:07 PM

September 23, 2008

American Community Survey Alert, Number 59

(Released September 23, 2008)

Informing you about news, events, data releases, congressional action, and other developments associated with the American Community Survey (ACS).

News in this Alert

* U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2007 ACS Social, Economic, Housing, and Demographic 1- Year Estimates
** A Look Ahead – New Releases: The ACS Compass Products and 2005-2007 ACS Social, Economic, Housing, and Demographic 3-Year Estimates
***Contact Us

* Release of 2007 ACS Social, Economic, Housing, and Demographic 1-Year Estimates

The Census Bureau today released 2007 ACS social, economic, housing and demographic 1-year estimates for areas with populations of 65,000 or more. The 1-year 2007 ACS Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) files were also released today. Below are a sample of topics included in today’s release:

*Educational attainment
*Industry
*Occupation
*Class of worker
*Journey to work
*Employment status
*Work status
*Veteran status
*Housing
*Households and families
*Marital status
*Migration

The Census Bureau's Web site now contains guidance on comparing 2007 ACS data to 2006 ACS data, as well as comparing 2007 ACS data to Census 2000 data. This guidance can be found at: <
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/UseData/compACS.htm>.

Information about the 2007 Data Release can be found at: <
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/index.html>.

Information about ACS data products and published geographies can be found
at: <http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/users_guide/>.

Information about ACS user notes can be found at: <
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/UseData/usernotes.html>.

ACS data for 2005 through 2007 can be found on the Census Bureau's American
FactFinder: <
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS&_submenuId=&_lang=en&_ts=
> >.

** A Look Ahead

October 2008 - The ACS Compass Products

The Census Bureau has worked closely with a group of experts to develop The ACS Compass Products, a series of handbooks, tutorials, and presentations designed to help users understand ACS data.

The first of the ACS Compass Products, the handbooks, will be released on a flow basis beginning in October 2008.

December 9, 2008 -- Release of 2005-2007 ACS Social, Economic, Housing, and Demographic 3-Year Estimates

In December, the U.S. Census Bureau will introduce 3-year estimates, providing a first look at the characteristics of midsize population areas (20,000 to 64,999) since the last decennial census in 2000. The 3-year estimates will be based on data collected from 2005 to 2007 and will include all geographic areas with populations of 20,000 or more.

***Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about the American Community Survey, please call (800) 923-8282 or e-mail cmo.acs@census.gov.

Posted by ronbo at 01:27 PM

New IES Report from the National Center for Education Statistics: "Postsecondary Career/Technical Education: Changes in the Number of Offering Institutions and Awarded Credentials from 1997 to 2006"

The National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences has released the report "Postsecondary Career/Technical Education: Changes in the Number of Offering Institutions and Awarded Credentials from 1997 to 2006."

This issue brief examines trends from 1997 to 2006 in the number of sub-baccalaureate postsecondary institutions that offer programs in career/technical education (CTE), and the number of sub-baccalaureate CTE credentials awarded by postsecondary institutions. Trends were examined by institutional sector, focusing on the three sectors most commonly offering CTE: Public two -year institutions, for-profit less-than-two -year institutions, and for-profit two-year institutions. In 2006, these sectors collectively accounted for 87 percent of the less-than-four-year institutions that offered CTE and awarded 94 percent of all sub-baccalaureate CTE credentials. Overall, the number of less-than-four-year institutions offering CTE increased 3 percent from 1997 to 2006, and the number of sub-baccalaureate CTE credentials awarded increased 24 percent. Over this time period, there was a shift in both CTE-offering institutions and CTE credentials, from public two-year institutions to for-p
rofit two-year and less-than-two-year institutions. Although the number of credentials awarded grew at a faster rate among for-profit institutions than among public two-year institutions, the latter still awarded most sub-baccalaureate CTE credentials in 2006 (58 percent) while for-profit two-year and less-than-two-year institutions combined awarded 35 percent.

To view, download and print the report as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008001

Posted by ronbo at 07:41 AM

September 22, 2008

From ESRI ArcSchool Reader - September 2008

Getting Started with GIS - Complimentary Web Course
A new complimentary course is available for people with no GIS background or experience who want to use ArcGIS Desktop (ArcView, ArcEditor, or ArcInfo 9.2 or 9.3) to learn the basic features of GIS and the geographic approach to solving problems. Users learn how GIS maps are different from other types of digital maps and how to use ArcGIS software to obtain information, create thematic maps, and apply common analysis tools to solve geographic problems. For a detailed course description and access to the course, visit ESRI Training and Education.

Posted by ronbo at 09:02 PM

From MAPSS - Introduction to HLM with Simon Jackman

This quarter, the Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences will be focusing on Hierarchical Models. Come on Thursday for the Introduction to Hierarchical Models by MAPSS Director and Stanford Professor of Political Science Simon Jackman.

Pizza will be served outside Building 200 (History) Room 124 at 12:00PM, talk starts at 12:15PM. (RSVP for food at http://www.stanford.edu/group/mapss/colloquium/rsvp_signup.html)

Thursday, September 25th
12:15 PM
Building 200 (History) - Room 124

Simon Jackman is a Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. He also holds a courtesy appointment as an Associate Professor with the Department of Statistics. Jackman directs Political Science Computational Laboratory, along with the MAPSS program.
Jackman is widely regarded as one of the top methodologists in the field on Political Science. He has published extensively on American and Australian Government, Public Opinion, and Statistical Methods for Political Analysis. He also has a forthcoming book, Bayesian Analysis for the Social Sciences. Jackman has a Ph.D. in Political Science from University of Rochester, and B.A. (with Honors) in Government from University of Queensland, Australia.

All members of the Stanford community are invited to attend and to RSVP in advance to reserve food.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/mapss/colloquium/rsvp_signup.html.

Lunch will be served at 12:00 for those who have RSVP'd; the talks start at 12:15.
For more information, please contact mapss-info@lists.stanford.edu.

Posted by ronbo at 08:49 PM

September 19, 2008

From Census Product Update (9/19/2008): Hot Tip - 2007 American Community Survey Characteristics Data

On September 23, 2008, the Census Bureau will release 2007 data on social, economic, housing and demographic characteristics. These data cover topics ranging from language to education, from family size to work commute, and are available for more than 7,000 areas, including all congressional districts as well as counties, cities, metro areas, and American Indian and Alaska Native areas of 65,000 population or more. Special population profiles and Public Use Microdata Sample data will also be released. Data will also be available from the Puerto Rico Community Survey.

Posted by ronbo at 10:20 AM

September 18, 2008

NAEP Researchers: Data Available for 2007 Mathematics and Reading, and 2005 High School Transcript Study

Restricted-use data for the 2007 mathematics and reading assessments are now available to NCES-licensed researchers. The data for the 2007 writing assessment will be available later. See which variables are in these and other datasets at
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/researchcenter/variablesrudata.asp

The NAEP High School Transcript Study (HSTS) restricted-use data for 2005 are also available:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008483

Explore the public-use data for these assessments in the NAEP Data Explorer:
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/

For research funding opportunities, see
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/researchcenter/funding.asp

NAEP, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences.

Posted by ronbo at 10:19 AM

September 17, 2008

New IES Report from the National Center for Education Statistics: "Projections of Education Statistics to 2017"

The National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences has released the report "Projections of Education Statistics to 2017."

This publication provides projections for key education statistics. It includes statistics on enrollment, graduates, teachers, and expenditures in elementary and secondary schools, and enrollment and earned degrees conferred expenditures of degree-granting institutions. For the Nation, the tables, figures, and text contain data on enrollment, teachers, graduates, and expenditures for the past 14 years and projections to the year 2017. For the 50 States and the District of Columbia, the tables, figures, and text contain data on projections of public elementary and secondary enrollment and public high school graduates to the year 2017. In addition, the report includes a methodology section describing models and assumptions used to develop national and state-level projections.

To view, download and print the report as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008078

Posted by ronbo at 01:18 PM

September 16, 2008

From MAPSS List: Talk by Peter Meyer, NCHS (Sept. 22) and Ron Jarmin, Census (Sept. 23)

Dear Colleague,

On September 22-23, Peter Meyer, Director of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Research Data Centerprogram, and Ron Jarmin, Chief Economist and Chief of the Center for Economic Studies at the Census Bureau, will be visiting Stanford for discussions with the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences. While they are here, they will be doing some presentations about the availability of restricted-use data through the Research Data Centers (RDCs) of the U.S. Bureau of Census.

The NCHS data in the RDC’s include the restricted versions of large number of data collections, including the National Health Interview Survey, NHANDS, National Hospital Discharge Survey, National Survey of Family Growth, National Immunization Survey, National Home and Hospice Care Survey, National Nursing Home Survey, a number of surveys from the State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Surveys (SLAITS), as well as many others.

The target audience for these data might include researchers in public health, health policy, social welfare, or epidemiology.

We have scheduled a public presentation by Peter Meyer on Monday, September 22nd at 3:30. This will be followed by a brief reception during which time researchers will have the opportunity to meet with Mr. Meyer individually.

Ron Jarmin will visit Stanford on Tuesday, September 23rd and will give his presentation at 11 a.m. He will also be open to individual meetings on Tuesday afternoon between 2 and 3.

Both of these meetings will take place in the Mendenhall Library (Building 120).

If you would like to meet with these scholars, please contact Afrooz Emami (afrooz@stanford.edu). We would love to have a tentative headcount for these presentations. Afrooz can also set you up with an individual meeting – should you wish to have one.

We hope to see you at these presentations,

Szonja Szelényi (szelenyi@stanford.edu)
Institute for Research in the Social Sciences

Posted by ronbo at 11:50 AM

September 15, 2008

Recent ICPSR updates and additions - new releases through 2008-09-15

Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive along with a list of released data collections that have been updated:

New Additions

2299 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, February 1996
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/02299.xml

4505 New York Times Economic Insecurity Poll, December 1995
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/04505.xml

6895 Party Strength in the United States: 1872-1996
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/06895.xml

21184 Developing and Validating a Brief Jail Mental Health Screen in Maryland and New York, 2005-2006
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/21184.xml

22884 National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1999: Extract Files
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/22884.xml

Updates

2636 ABC News Lewinsky/Starr Poll, September 1998
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/02636.xml

2640 ABC News "Good Morning America" Starr Report Poll #3, September 1998
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/02640.xml

3085 Multiple Cause of Death, 1997
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/03085.xml

4134 Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES): 1997 Cohort [United States]
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/04134.xml

4149 Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES): 2000 Cohort [United States]
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/04149.xml

6693 National Comorbidity Survey: Baseline (NCS-1), 1990-1992
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/06693.xml

8385 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1980
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/08385.xml

8386 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1981
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/08386.xml

8506 National Youth Survey [United States]: Wave III, 1978
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/08506.xml

8902 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1985
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/08902.xml

8917 National Youth Survey [United States]: Wave IV, 1979
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/08917.xml

9112 National Youth Survey [United States]: Wave V, 1980
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/09112.xml

9192 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1973
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/09192.xml

9193 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1975
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/09193.xml

9194 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1976
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/09194.xml

9609 ABC News/Washington Post Iraq Rebel Poll, April 1991
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/09609.xml

20022 Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2006
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/20022.xml

22462 Time, Love, and Cash in Couples With Children Study (TLC3) [United States], 2000-2005
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/22462.xml

22580 Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES): 2003 Cohort [United States]
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/22580.xml

You can also view a list of all studies added and updated in the last ninety days by visiting the ICPSR Web site at
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/access/recent.html.

Posted by ronbo at 04:48 PM

September 11, 2008

SPSS products name switch for 17.0

Starting from SPSS Statistics version 17, SPSS renames some of their products:
Product Name Changes

In addition, check out this page for general information about version 17:
SPSS Statistics

Posted by yan at 06:26 PM

September 08, 2008

Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2008-09-07

Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive along with a list of released data collections that have been updated:

New Additions

4510 CBS News/New York Times Clinton/Dole Comparison Poll, June 1996
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/04510.xml

22462 Time, Love, and Cash in Couples With Children Study (TLC3) [United States], 2000-2005
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/22462.xml

22882 National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1997: Extract Files
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/22882.xml

23220 Oil and the United States Macroeconomy: An Update and a Simple
Forecasting Exercise
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/23220.xml

Updates

4402 Nang Rong Projects [Thailand]
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/04402.xml

8310 Annual Housing Survey, 1982 [United States]: SMSA Files
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/08310.xml

You can also view a list of all studies added and updated in the last ninety days by visiting the ICPSR Web site at
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/access/recent.html.

Posted by ronbo at 02:26 PM

From IES Newsflash: Check Out the WWC Summer Releases

From practice guides to intervention reports and quick reviews, the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance's What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) has released a total of 17 publications throughout the summer. As a new school year begins the WWC invites you to see what's new at http://whatworks.ed.gov

The What Works Clearinghouse was established in 2002 by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to provide educators, policymakers, researchers, and the public with a central and trusted source of scientific evidence of what works in education.

Posted by ronbo at 02:24 PM

September 05, 2008

Scholarship Opportunity for Students at WUSS (Western Users of SAS) 2008 Conference

Announcing the WUSS 2008 Student Scholarship Program

Are you a student who has used SAS® in your research or in a class? Do you work with students using SAS in their coursework or research? Do you know any students who know SAS or who are starting to learn SAS? If you answered yes to any of these questions, don’t miss this scholarship opportunity!

The Western Users of SAS (WUSS) group is offering scholarships for students interested in attending the WUSS 2008 conference on November 5 - 7 at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, CA.

There are 10 scholarships available. Each includes paid conference registration fees, up to two half day courses as well as free admission to receptions, breaks and luncheons during the conference.

Travel and accommodations are not covered by the scholarship and are the responsibility of the student.

Why attend WUSS?

* Network with other SAS users and expand your job search.
* Find out how other students are using SAS.
* Expand your SAS knowledge, regardless of your skill level.
* Learn how organizations in diverse industries use SAS.
* Discover the career paths available to SAS users.

For more information about the WUSS 2008 student scholarships, including criteria for scholarship award selection, or to apply online, please click here.

The application deadline is October 1 at 5 p.m. Pacific Time

Please feel free to forward this e-mail to anyone who might be interested in the program.

Elizabeth Ceranowski
SAS Student Programs Manager

Posted by ronbo at 04:13 PM

From Census Product Update (September 4, 2008): Hot Tip - American Community Survey - A Look Ahead

On Sept. 23, 2008 the Census Bureau will release 2007 ACS social, economic and, housing characteristics, demographic and housing single-year estimates for areas with populations of 65,000 or more, and 2007 Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) single-year data for Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMA) with populations of 100,000 or more. The data will consist of:

* Educational attainment
* Industry
* Occupation
* Class of worker
* Journey to work
* Employment status
* Work status
* Veteran status
* Housing
* Households and families
* Marital status
* Migration

The first set of three-year estimates for data collected between 2005 and 2007 will be released in December. These include the first ACS estimates for areas with populations between 20,000 and 64,999.

Current Census Product Update -- Full Issue
http://www.census.gov/mp/www/cpu/index.html

Posted by ronbo at 03:50 PM

September 03, 2008

New IES Report from the National Center for Education Statistics: "Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2006"

The National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences has released the report "Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2006."

This report builds upon a series of National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988. It presents estimates of rates for 2006 and provides data about trends in dropout and completion rates over the last three decades (1972-2006), including characteristics of dropouts and completers in these years. Report highlights include: The averaged freshman graduation rate (AFGR), which provides an estimate of the percentage of public high school students who graduate with a regular diploma 4 years after starting 9th grade, was 74.7 percent for the class of 2005. Students living in low-income families were approximately four times more likely to drop out of high school between 2005 and 2006 than were students living in high-income families. In October 2006, approximately 3.5 million civilian noninstitutionalized 16- through 24-year-olds were not enrolled in high school and had not earned a high school diploma or alternative credential.

To view, download and print the report as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008053

Posted by ronbo at 01:07 PM

Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2008-09-01

Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive along with a list of released data collections that have been updated:

New Additions

2988 Israeli Election Study, 1973
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/02988.xml

3573 Guns and Colonists, 1773-1775 [United States]
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/03573.xml

4514 CBS News/New York Times Presidential Election Poll #2, October 1996
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/04514.xml

20366 Understanding Court Culture and Improving Court Performance in 12 Courts in California, Florida, and Minnesota, 2002
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/20366.xml

21521 Eurobarometer 67.3: Health Care Service, Undeclared Work, EU Relations With Its Neighbor Countries, and Development Aid, May-June 2007
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/21521.xml

22625 Organizations Convicted in Federal Criminal Courts, 2007
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/22625.xml

22840 Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS II): Milwaukee African American Sample, 2005-2006
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/22840.xml

Updates

3401 Substance Abuse Treatment Cost Allocation and Analysis Template (SATCAAT) Study, 1992-1994: [United States]
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/03401.xml

4563 Eurobarometer 63.1: Science and Technology, Social Values, and Services of General Interest, January-February 2005
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/04563.xml

4668 Eurobarometer 62.2: Agricultural Policy, Development Aid, Social Capital, and Information and Communication Technology, November-December 2004
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/04668.xml

4669 Eurobarometer 63.2: Radioactive Waste, Transport Services, Farm Animal's Welfare, and Means of Payment, February-March 2005
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/04669.xml

6202 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #1, May 1993
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/06202.xml

8424 National Youth Survey [United States]: Wave II, 1977
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/08424.xml

9936 ABC News Women's Issues Poll, July 1992
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/STUDY/09936.xml

You can also view a list of all studies added and updated in the last ninety days by visiting the ICPSR Web site at
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ICPSR/access/recent.html.

Posted by ronbo at 03:31 AM

New IES Report from the National Center for Education Statistics: "Education and Certification Qualifications of Departmentalized Public High School-Level Teachers of Core Subjects: Evidence from the 2003-04 Schools and Staffing Survey"

The National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences has released the report "Education and Certification Qualifications of Departmentalized Public High School-Level Teachers of Core Subjects: Evidence from the 2003-04 Schools and Staffing Survey."

This report uses data from the 2003-04 survey to describe various aspects of the match between teachers' majors and current teaching assignments, as well as the match to certification, for public high school-level teachers in the core academic subjects of English, math, science, and social studies.

To view, download and print the report as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008338

For more information about the content of this report, contact Kerry.Gruber@ed.gov or (202) 502-7349.

Posted by ronbo at 03:29 AM