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March 31, 2009
From MAPSS list: Want more subjects for your study? Apply to Summer 09 REP! (Due: 4/10)
The Research Experience Program (REP) is now accepting Summer 2009 applications. Applications are due April 10th 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://tinyurl.com/apply-to-rep
For information about the program and how to apply, please go to this website: iriss.stanford.edu/rep/applicants
If you have any questions at all, please contact: research-exp-program@stanford.edu
Posted by ronbo at 03:54 PM
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2009-03-29
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
20680 Multiple Cause of Death, 1959-1967
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20680
22204 Afrobarometer Round 3: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in
Madagascar, 2005
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22204
22206 Afrobarometer Round 3: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in
Mali, 2005
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22206
22210 Afrobarometer Round 3: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in
Senegal, 2005
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22210
22214 Afrobarometer Round 3: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in
Zambia, 2005
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22214
23041 National Crime Victimization Survey: School Crime Supplement, 2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23041
24303 United States Presidential Inaugural Addresses, 1789-2009
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24303
24483 National Politics Study, 2004
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24483
Updates
21540 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 2006
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR21540
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 03:48 PM
March 25, 2009
From Census Bureau News (3/17/2009): First Data from the 2007 Economic Census Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released preliminary data from the 2007 Economic Census. This advance report is the first in a series of industry and geographic area data, including information for more than 1,000 communities not available from previous censuses.
The economic census is conducted every five years and is the most comprehensive and detailed profile of the U.S. economy, covering millions of businesses representing more than 1,000 industries. The census provides the foundation and benchmark for gross domestic product, monthly retail sales and other indicators of economic performance. These data also provide unique portraits of American industries and local communities.
“The quality and timely release of these data are a direct result of the cooperation of millions of U.S. businesses,” said C. Harvey Monk Jr., associate director for economic programs at the U.S. Census Bureau. “The Census Bureau thanks every member of the business community for their efforts in helping to create this critical measure of the American economy.”
The report is made up of two data sets, Advance Summary Statistics for the United States: 2007 and Advance Comparative Statistics for the United States: 2007. These show the number of establishments, revenue (sales), payroll and number of employees at the national level for 101 industry groups based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
Posted by ronbo at 03:49 PM
From Census Product Update (3/19/2009): Hot Tip - New "Did You Know?" Feature in LED
The Local Employment Dynamics (LED) website has a new dynamic "Did You Know?" feature that shows the change in total employment by state and select industries for workers in private sector jobs (ie, excluding public service, federal goverment, military, etc) over a one-year period.
This feature allows comparison of employment data between quarters, males or females, and shows percent change. It can be refreshed to provide randomly selected states and industry sectors.
Posted by ronbo at 03:46 PM
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2009-03-22
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:
Updates
4431 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 2004
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04431
4626 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 2005
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04626
24280 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24280
24280 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24280
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 03:26 PM
From IES Newsflash: NAEP Training Opportunities at the National Center for Education Statistics!
Using NAEP for Research and Policy Analysis--July 7-10, 2009
The National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences will sponsor a 3 1/2-day advanced studies seminar on the use of the NAEP database for education research and policy analysis. The main NAEP database contains nationally representative achievement scores on 4th, 8th, and 12th graders from public and non-public schools in a variety of academic subjects. The database also contains background information on the students who were assessed and their learning environment.
Register for the seminar:
http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/?id=416
For more information on NAEP data:
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/naepdata/
HSTS Database Training Seminar--July 22-24, 2009
NCES also will sponsor a 3-day advanced studies seminar on the use of the NAEP High School Transcript Study (HSTS) database for education research and policy analysis.
Register for the seminar:
http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/?id=417
For more information on HSTS:
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/hsts/
Please register soon---space is limited!
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 03:24 PM
From IES Newsflash: NAEP Training and Research Opportunities at the American Educational Research Association/National Council on Measurement in Education Conference!
==== TRAINING AT AERA -- APRIL 12, 14, 16 ====
Advance registration is required for all AERA training sessions; see the AERA website at AERA.net for registration details.
* PDC09: Psychometrics Behind National Assessment of Educational Progress: Understanding and Analyzing NAEP Data (Sikali, Kolstad, Dogan)
Sunday April 12 at 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina/Warner Center.
The goal of this course is to introduce potential users to NAEP and to the AM analysis tool, which makes the rich NAEP database more accessible to researchers than it has ever been before. AM is a free statistical software package for analyzing data from complex samples, especially large-scale assessments. This course will introduce users to (a) the psychometric design of NAEP, (b) the sampling design of NAEP, and (c) data analysis strategies required by these design features, including the marginal maximum likelihood approach to computing subscale and composite scale scores, selection and use of appropriate sampling weights, and appropriate variance estimation procedures.
* PDC13: Advanced Hands-On Exploration of NAEP Data on the Web (Sikali, Kline, Trapani)
Tuesday April 14 at 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina / Green Room.
This course is for researchers interested in NAEP data. The NAEP Data Explorer is a powerful web tool that provides customized tables of NAEP results gathered since 1990. It provides an intuitive approach to selecting data that requires minimal knowledge about NAEP. This course will focus on the latest NAEP results from the 2007 assessment of math, reading, and writing. Participants will be guided through a full examination of the data, with an emphasis on data that link student performance with teacher and school characteristics. This hands-on course will include a short demo of the system’s features.
NOTE: Full participation requires a laptop with a wireless card for Internet access.
PDC29: Accessing and Analyzing High School Transcript Study Data for Educational Research Purposes (Brown, Laird, Roey, Perkins)
Thursday April 16 at 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina / Green Room.
This mini-course will provide graduate students, faculty and institutional researchers information on how to access and analyze the NAEP High School Transcript Study (HSTS) data. Topics covered by this mini-course will include 1) the HSTS survey design; 2) technical issues in the proper use and handling of sampling weights and plausible values; and 3) a discussion and demonstration of current specialized software for accessing and analyzing HSTS data. The course will include extensive demonstrations, independent exercises, and group discussions.
NOTE: Full participation will require a laptop with wireless capability.
==== RESEARCH SUPPORT AT AERA -- APRIL 15 ====
NCER Associate Commissioner for Policy and Systems Allen Ruby will be participating in a session at the AERA conference entitled "Federal Agency Support for Education Research in 2008 and 2010." This session will be held on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, from 12:25-1:55 p.m., in Ballroom 6D of the San Diego Convention Center. For additional information:
http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/projects/srcd_aera.asp
==== NAEP SESSIONS AT AERA/NCME ON THE NAEP WEBSITE ====
To see a list of all AERA sessions concerning NAEP, visit
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/aera.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 03:04 PM
New IES Report from the National Center for Education Statistics: "Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2009"
This report describes how the education system in the United States compares with education systems in the other G-8 countries--Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom. Twenty-seven indicators are organized in five sections: (1) population and school enrollment; (2) academic performance (including subsections for reading, mathematics, and science); (3) context for learning; (4) expenditure for education; and (5) education returns: educational attainment and income. This report draws on the most current information about education from four primary sources: the Indicators of National Education Systems (INES) at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS).
To view, download and print the report as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009039
Posted by ronbo at 02:51 PM
New IES Report from the National Center for Education Statistics: "Characteristics of Private Schools in the United States: Results from the 2007-08 Private School Universe Survey"
This report on the 2007-08 Private School Universe Survey presents data on private schools in the United States for grades kindergarten through twelve by selected characteristics such as school size, school level, religious orientation, geographic region, urbanicity type, and program emphasis.
To view, download and print the report as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009313
Posted by ronbo at 02:50 PM
Summer Workshops in Spatial Analysis -- apply by 31 March
The application deadline for the NIH-supported workshops on Advanced Spatial Analysis is 31 March 2009.
Spatial & Multilevel Modeling
June 21-June 26, 2009, University Park, PA
Instructors: Kelvyn Jones and S.V. (Subu) Subramanian
Spatial Regression Modeling
July 12-July 17, 2009, Santa Barbara, CA
Instructors: Paul R. Voss and Katherine Curtis
Full details on the workshops and the online application form are available at
http://www.csiss.org/GISPopSci/workshops/
Participation in these workshops is by invitation only, to be based on applications received by 31 March 2009. Scholarship support is available to help defray some of the costs for qualifying participants.
Regards,
Stephen Matthews, Principal Investigator
Associate Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Demography
(courtesy appointment, Geography)
Senior Research Associate and Director,
Geographic Information Analysis Core Population Research Associate
Social Science Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
Donald G. Janelle, Research Professor and Program Director
Center for Spatial Studies (spatial@ucsb), University of California, Santa Barbara
Michael F. Goodchild, Professor
Department of Geography, and Director, Center for Spatial Studies (spatial@ucsb)
University of California, Santa Barbara
Posted by ronbo at 01:41 PM
March 18, 2009
APDU (Association of Public Data Users) Data Update - IRS Releases 2008 Data Book
2008 IRS Data Book Available
The Statistics of Income Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released the fiscal year 2008 IRS Data Book on March 13, 2009. This report describes activities conducted by the IRS from Oct. 1, 2007, to Sept. 30, 2008, and includes information about returns filed, tax collections, enforcement and taxpayer assistance, as well as the IRS budget and workforce. During fiscal year 2008, the IRS collected more than $2.3 trillion in taxes (net of refunds) and processed more than 250 million returns.
An electronic version of the 2008 IRS Data Book can be found on the Tax Stats page of www.irs.gov.
Posted by ronbo at 06:34 PM
From Stanford GIS List: Field Equipment and Resources Workshop - April 10th
Planning your summer research?
Discover The School of Earth Science’s GIS, GPS, geophysical equipment, field computers, and staff resources available to Stanford faculty, staff and students.
This workshop on April 10, 10 am to noon, will introduce students to available field equipment and resources for their summer research. Nigel Crook (Shared Field Measurement Facility), Mindy Syfert (GIS Manager, Branner Earth Science Library), Trevor Hebert (GIS Manager, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve), and Max Borella (SES Field Program Coordinator) will be available from noon to1:00 to display the equipment and discuss individual needs. For more information and to register visit http://pangea.stanford.edu/research/groups/sfmf/index.php?page=12 or contact Max Borella at mborella@stanford.edu or Nigel Crook at ncrook@stanford.edu.
Posted by ronbo at 06:31 PM
New IES Report from the National Center for Education Statistics: "Digest of Education Statistics, 2008"
The 44th in a series of publications initiated in 1962, the Digest's primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest contains data on a variety of topics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, and federal funds for education, libraries, and international comparisons.
To view, download and print the report as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009020
Posted by ronbo at 06:29 PM
March 17, 2009
New IES Report from the National Center for Education Statistics: "Literacy of Foreign-Born Adults in the United States: 2003"
This Issue Brief draws on data from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) to explore the English literacy of foreign-born adults living in households in the United States. The brief presents the English literacy scores of foreign-born adults age 16 and older by race/ethnicity, age of arrival in the United States, years spent in the United States, highest level of educational attainment, and language spoken before starting school. Scores are reported on three literacy scales: prose, document, and quantitative. Findings indicate that English literacy scores of foreign-born adults varied across a variety of background characteristics. For example, Hispanics, who represented approximately half of foreign-born adults, had lower average prose, document, and quantitative literacy scores than their foreign-born Black, White, and Asian peers. In addition, foreign-born adults who had been in the United States the least amount of time (1 to 5 years) had lower average sc
ores on each literacy scale than foreign-born adults who had spent the most amount of time (21 to 30 years and 31 years or more) in the country.
To view, download and print the report as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009034
Posted by ronbo at 05:39 PM
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2009-03-15
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
23336 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, 1988
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23336
23338 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, 1989
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23338
23340 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, 1990
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23340
23342 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, 1991
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23342
23344 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, 1992
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23344
23346 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, 1993
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23346
24320 Detroit Area Study, 2002
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24320
24961 Capital Punishment in the United States, 1973-2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24961
25061 More Money: Understanding Recent Changes in the Monetary Base
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25061
25062 Firm Volatility and Credit: A Macroeconomic Analysis
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25062
25063 Mortgage Innovation, Mortgage Choice, and Housing Decisions
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25063
25081 Foreign Direct Investment, Productivity, and Country Growth: An
Overview
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25081
Updates
9039 Current Population Survey (CPS)/Social Security Summary Earnings (SER)
Exact Match File, March 1978
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09039
21600 National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health),
1994-2002
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR21600
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 05:28 PM
March 16, 2009
From IES Newsflash: NCES State Education Reforms (SER) Site Has Been Reorganized!
The National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences has just reorganized the State Education Reforms (SER) website. Modifications to the website include a revised classification of state- reform efforts and improved table accessibility. The SER website now categorizes reform activities into five areas: 1) accountability; 2) assessment and standards; 3) staff qualifications and development; 4) state support for school choice and other options; and 5) student readiness and progress through school.
In addition to the reorganization, the SER website has updated a selection of tables within the "accountability" and "assessment and standards" areas, and has added a new table on state policies regarding the teaching of English Language Learners in the "staff qualifications and development" area. To locate these tables on the website, please look for the "Updated!" and "New!" tags next to the table titles.
To view the site, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/statereform/
Posted by ronbo at 03:34 PM
March 11, 2009
No MAPSS This Week - Andy Gelman Next Week - Sign up for Spring Quarter
The Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences (MAPSS) will not be meeting this Thursday.
No MAPSS On Thursday, March 12th
Instead, join us for a special MAPSS Presentation:
Andrew Gelman
(Professor of Political Science and Statistics, Columbia University)
Will Present On Wednesday, March 18th
4:15 PM in Education Room 206
RSVP for food to https://iriss.stanford.edu/mapss_colloquium_signup
Don't Forget to Sign Up for the Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences (MAPSS) Colloquium when you choose your classes this upcoming quarter. We bring in distinguished researchers from across the social sciences to provide useful lessons on broadly applicable methods for data collection and analysis. See the spring tentative schedule.
PoliSci 402 or Comm 310
The Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences is a program of the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences
Posted by ronbo at 05:59 PM
SAS Publishing News - March 2009: Hot Off the Press
New Paper: "Coming to SAS from SPSS"
Programmers who want to move from SPSS to SAS now have a great resource to help them make that transition. Written by Lora Delwiche and Susan Slaughter, this paper focuses on topics of special interest to SPSS programmers. The authors discuss differences in terminology, show how to move SPSS data files into SAS, and give examples illustrating reports and analyses of likely interest to SPSS users. After reading "Coming to SAS from SPSS," users will wish they had made the change sooner!
New SAS 9.2 Documentation
Check out the updated SAS 9.2 documentation that is now available on the SAS Product Documentation site.
Documentation for many new and enhanced products is available in SAS 9.2, including a new guide that makes it even easier to access SAS 9.2 procedures by name or product. New documents are available for particular tasks, such as encryption, grid computing, logging, and scheduling. Getting Started guides are now available for products such as SAS Information Map Studio and SAS Information Delivery Portal. SAS Integration Technologies has several new documents, including a developer's guide for SAS stored processes. For customers upgrading their SAS 9.1.3 enterprise system to SAS 9.2, there are several new deployment and migration documents.
Use the Product Index to look for your alphabetically listed product documentation or you can search by concept or task using the enhanced SAS 9.2 Documentation categories. SAS 9.2 has updated its searching and indexing capabilities to make accessing SAS documentation easier and faster. As always, SAS documents are available for free online and in PDF, or you can purchase most documents through the SAS Bookstore.
Posted by ronbo at 05:12 PM
New IES Report from the National Center for Education Statistics: "Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2006-07 (Fiscal Year 2007)"
The National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences has released the report "Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2006-07 (Fiscal Year 2007)."
This brief publication contains basic revenue and expenditure data, by state, for public elementary and secondary education for school year 2006-07. It contains state-level data on revenues by source and expenditures by function, including expenditures per pupil.
To view, download and print the report as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009337
Posted by ronbo at 02:27 PM
ICPSR Webinar: Join us for "Finding What You Want or Wanting What You Find at ICPSR"
Join us for a Webinar on March 24
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/480944329
Have you ever found it challenging to find data, documentation, or help files at the ICPSR site? Do you approach the ICPSR site in the same way every time you search? Have you found things you didn’t expect when searching the site?
In this Webinar, an experienced ICPSR researcher who has spent a lot of time helping students and faculty find data, will work through a collection of search strategies for finding the types of information you need from ICPSR.
Serendipitous discoveries and orderly search logic will be explored during this webinar.
Title: Finding What You Want or Wanting What You Find at ICPSR
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.
System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista
Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer
Posted by ronbo at 06:27 AM
From Government Computer News (3/6/2009): Kundra to launch federal data feeds
Data.gov would publish data feeds in hopes of spawning new applications and even industries.
* By Joab Jackson
* Mar 06, 2009
As one of his first acts as federal chief information officer, Vivek Kundra plans to establish a governmentwide repository of data feeds, which he called data.gov.
“We need to make sure that all that data that’s not private can be made public,” Kundra said during a White House press conference announcing the new CIO position. “What we should be thinking about is how do we begin with the assumption that the default be that we put information out into the public domain.”
By opening vast realms of data that federal agencies are now keeping in-house, Kundra hopes to spark new ways of using that information to better serve citizens and even create new industries.
Posted by ronbo at 06:15 AM
March 10, 2009
Chinese statistics and GIS Database demo
Dr. Shuming Bao, Senior Research Coordinator for China Initiatives, China data center, University of Michigan will provide a workshop on Chinese statistics, census data and GIS on March 19, 2009. Here is information on the session for faculty and students.
China Data Online (http://chinadataonline.org) provided by the China Data Center of the University of Michigan offers comprehensive and updated information on China’s economic development at national, provincial, city, county, and industrial levels as well as a series of China national, provincial, city and professional statistical yearbooks, The online China Census Database provides a unique data collection of various Census data with a completed coverage of all provinces, cities, counties and townships of Mainland China. China Data Center has released a series of unique China GIS data products, which provide great value for spatial studies of China. Those GIS data products have integrated Census data with administrative boundaries of province, city, county and township of
China. This talk will give a demo on the China Data Online service as well as those China GIS data products.
Workshop on statistics, Census Data and GIS for Chinese Studies
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 PM, Thursday, March 19, 2009
Place: Information Center classroom, Green Library
Program
1:00-1:15 An Overview of Digital Data Resources for Chinese Studies in
East Asia Library
Zhaohui Xue, Chinese studies librarian, EAL
1:15-2:30 The Development and Application of China Data: Information,
Technology and Methodology
Dr. Shuming Bao, Senior Research Coordinator for China Initiatives,
China Data Center, University of Michigan
The Census data of China provides comprehensive demographic and business
information for the research and education on China. This presentation
will give an introduction to some background information of China Census
data, including methodologies, definitions, and data coverage. The
presentation will demonstrate how the demographic and business data can
be integrated with the GIS maps of China at province, prefecture,
county, township, and grid levels. Some innovative technologies and
applications in regional development, migration, environment, disaster
assessment, and population projection will be introduced for advanced
spatial data studies of China.
*Attendance is open to the public*
For more information, contact Zhaohui Xue, Chinese studies librarian,
East Asia Library, 650 725 3439 or zhxue@stanford.edu
Posted by ronbo at 05:39 PM
7th European Social Survey (ESS) Training Course
We are pleased to announce the next European Social Survey (ESS) Training Course:
7th ESSTrain: "Socio-Demographic Background Variables for Cross-National Comparative Survey Research in Europe"
to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 12th-13th October, 2009.
Instructors:
Jürgen H. P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for Social Sciences, Mannheim;
Uwe Warner, CEPS/INSTEAD, Differdange
The 7th course can be attended by 60 participants, for outstanding applications there is a limited number of ESSTrain grants available that cover travel costs and accommodation. All participants will be provided with lunch for all course days and a common dinner at the first course day evening.
Deadline for applications is May 4th, 2009.
For detailed information on the ESS Training Courses, the application procedure, and the ESSTrain grant please visit the ESS homepage: http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=243&Itemid=341
Please feel free to circulate this announcement to your students or any persons who might be interested.
Sincerely
Brina Malnar, Rebeka Falle and Maria Kreppe-Aygün
PS: Don't hesitate to contact us for further questions: rebeka.falle@fdv.uni-lj.si
Course Details
The objective of this course is to provide the participants with a thorough background on survey methods for comparative measurement of socio-demographic background variables. The emphasis will be on ensuring equivalence in the elaboration of survey questionnaires. Practical and theoretical considerations for the design and implementation of fieldwork instruments aimed to compare European countries will be discussed. In international comparing survey research the researchers need specific techniques for transferring variables from one national context to another. During the last decade the techniques of translation were developed very effective. Different national census offices and different networks of survey researchers established their procedures. In harmonizing background variables for comparative survey research techniques were discussed but only a small number of accepted measurement instruments are available. The course deals with techniques, procedures and experiences in harmonizing socio-demographic variables.
Juergen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, PhD in Sociology at University of Hamburg, Habilitation in Sociology at University of Cologne, since 2004 extraordinary professor at University of Giessen, is expert adviser for survey research and researcher at the GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Department: "Center for Survey Design and Methodology" in Mannheim, Germany. In the 1980s he developed the Socio-Demographic Standards for Germany together with the national statistical office of Germany, the German market research association and the German association for academic social research. Since the end of the 1990s he is doing research on harmonizing socio-demographic/socio-economic background variables for international comparative survey research. Together with C. Wolf he is the editor of the book: "Advances in Cross-National Comparison. A European Working Book for Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables".
Uwe Warner, PhD in Social Sciences at University of Giessen, is "conseiller scientifique" at the "Centre d'Etudes de Population, de Pauvreté et de Politiques Socio-Economiques / International Network for Studies in Technology, Environment, Alternatives, Development (CEPS/INSTEAD)" in Differdange, Luxembourg. He is the national coordinator of ESS in Luxembourg; he was responsible for the Luxembourgian data collection and data integration into ECHP; he is in charge of carrying out various national surveys in Luxembourg. His main research interests are standardization and harmonization of demographic and socio- economic background variables for international comparison, cross-country comparative survey research, and international studies on income distribution, poverty and social welfare.
Posted by ronbo at 08:49 AM
From Census Update (3/6/2009): Economic Census and Surveys
2007 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey. These data provide statistics on business spending for new and used structures and equipment, including all domestic, private, nonfarm businesses. These figures are critical to evaluate productivity growth, the ability of U.S. business to compete with foreign business, changes in industrial capacity, and measures of overall economic performance.
2007 Information and Communication Technology Survey. A supplement to the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey, this survey covers infrastructure investment for computers and peripherals; telephones and telephone apparatus, facsimile equipment, and routers, etc.; electromedical and electrotherapeutic apparatus; and computer software.
Older Worker Profiles. Reports (released for each of over 30 states) providing a detailed picture of workers 55 and older at the county and metropolitan area levels for 2004. Based on data from the Local Employment Dynamics program, the reports highlight the age of the states' work force, job gains and losses, industries in which older workers are concentrated, job stability, and earnings.
Posted by ronbo at 08:45 AM
From Census Product Update (3/6/2009): Hot Tip - Speak With a Census Specialist
Don't miss the opportunity to speak with a Census Bureau employee who specializes in your area of interest. For a list of Census specialists, click "About the Bureau" on the left side of the Census Bureau's home page, then click "Telephone Contacts by Subject Area." Next, click on any subject area to find select names and contact phone numbers.
If you already know a Census employee's name but not his/her phone number, at the "About the Bureau" page, click "Staff Search." From there, type in the employee's last name, or, for a list of names of an entire Census office, type in the acronym of the office.
As always, remember that the Census Bureau's Customer Liaison and Marketing Services Office, Customer Services Center, can be reached during business hours on (800) 923-8282 and is available to answer any questions you may have.
Posted by ronbo at 08:38 AM
New IES Report from the National Center for Education Statistics: "Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2007; Graduation Rates, 2001 and 2004 Cohorts; and Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2007"
The National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences has released the report "Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2007; Graduation Rates, 2001 and 2004 Cohorts; and Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2007."
This First Look presents findings from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) spring 2008 data collection, which included four components: Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2007; Graduation Rates, 2001 & 2004 Cohorts; and Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2007. These data were collected through the IPEDS web-based data collection system. Findings include:
In fall 2007, Title IV institutions in the United States enrolled a total of 18.7 million graduate and undergraduate students; 62 percent were enrolled in 4-year institutions, 36 percent were enrolled in 2-year institutions, and 2 percent were enrolled in less-than-2-year institutions.
Approximately 57 percent of full-time, first-time bachelor's or equivalent degree-seekers attending 4-year institutions completed a bachelor's or equivalent degree at the institution where they began their studies within 6 years.
During 2006-07 academic year, 73 percent of the 2.8 million full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates attending Title IV institutions located in the United States received financial aid.
To view, download and print the report as a PDF file, please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009155
Posted by ronbo at 08:36 AM
March 09, 2009
ANES Announcement: Release of the ANES 2008 Time Series Study
An "Advance Release" of the ANES 2008 Time Series Study dataset and
documentation is now available for download from the ANES website. To
download the dataset, or to visit the study page and learn more about the
survey, please visit our Data Center at:
http://www.electionstudies.org/studypages/download/datacenter_all.htm The
2008 Time Series Study appears in the blue box to the left of the page,
just under the 2008-2009 Panel Study.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The dataset and all accompanying documentation currently
available for the ANES 2008 Time Series Study are an "Advance Release."
The advance release data allow interested users to analyze political data
collected so far, with the caveats that the advance release data are
preliminary and are subject to revision, the documentation is not
complete, and additional data (e.g. administrative data) will be included
in a later release. Some standard ANES data quality control procedures
have not been completed with these data, so users should expect to find
errors and inconsistencies in the data file.
If you identify any errors or inconsistencies, if you have questions, or
if we can be of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us by email
to: anes@electionstudies.org
Posted by ronbo at 07:33 PM
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2009-03-08
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
23260 Child Care Market Rate Survey Project: Mail Survey of Oregon
Facilities, 2006
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23260
24360 CBS News Monthly Poll, October 2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24360
24364 CBS News South Carolina Primary Poll, December 2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24364
Updates
2702 Multiple Cause of Death, 1996
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02702
4402 Nang Rong Projects [Thailand]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04402
4559 Current Population Survey: Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement
Survey, 2006
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04559
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 03:35 PM
From APDU Public Update (3/6/2009): ACS Compass releases new presentation and a handbook on the use of ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)
As part of the ACS Compass Products series, the Census Bureau announces the availability of a presentation and a handbook on the use of ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS):
· Introduction to the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) File from the American Community Survey provides an explanation of the PUMS file, the available geographies, and how to access these data. (Presentation) http://www.census.gov/acs/www/UseData/Compass/presentations.html
· “What Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Data Users Need to Know” explains how the PUMS files differ from pre-tabulated ACS data products, how to access PUMS data, and some ways to produce your own tables. Data users already familiar with PUMS files available from Census 2000 can use this handbook to learn how those files differ from the ACS PUMS. (Handbook) http://www.census.gov/acs/www/UseData/Compass/handbook_def.html#pums
Posted by ronbo at 02:51 PM
From IPUMS list: American Time Use Survey Data Extract Builder (ATUS-X)
The Maryland Population Research Center and the Minnesota Population Center are pleased to announce the release of the American Time Use Survey Data Extract Builder (ATUS-X). ATUS-X is designed to make it easy for researchers to work with data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). Interested researchers can explore the ATUS Data Extract Builder at www.atusdata.org.
The central goal of the ATUS-X project is to make it easy for researchers to prepare ATUS data files that are ready for analysis. The current version of the ATUS Data Extract Builder allows researchers to:
--Extract data from 2003-2007, including the 2006 Eating and Health Module.
--Create measures of time in user-defined activity aggregations, broken out as desired by time of the day, by location and by whether the respondent was engaged in caring for children during the activity.
--Select personal and household characteristic variables for inclusion on the data extract.
ATUS-X also provides researchers with accessible and comprehensive documentation.
If there are others in your department or network who might be interested in knowing about the new American Time Use Survey Data Extract Builder, please pass this email message along to them.
The ATUS-X Team
atusdata@umn.edu
Posted by ronbo at 02:49 PM
March 03, 2009
MAPSS - Ali Fogarty - Student Presentation: Rational Choice, Sexual Behavior
The Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences (MAPSS) has our final student presentation of the quarter with Sociology Ph.D. Candidate Ali Fogarty. She will be talking about rational choice and sexual behavior.
PLEASE NOTE THAT MAPSS WILL NOT MEET ON MARCH 12, BUT WILL BE HEARING FROM ANDREW GELMAN (Columbia University Professor of Political Science and Statistics and the newest contributor to fivethirtyeight.com) ON MARCH 19 (4:15pm in Education Rm 206).
Pizza will be served outside Building 530 - Room 127 at 12:10PM, talk starts at 12:20PM. (RSVP for food at https://iriss.stanford.edu/mapss_colloquium_signup)
Thursday, March 5th
12:10 PM
Building 530 - Room 127
(Building 530 is between Memorial Church and Tresidder)
Rational Choice, Sexual Behavior
This paper uses both rational choice and status based theories to predict sexual preferences and behavior among college students. Actors can gain status by engaging in a sexual exchange with high status actors, and thus are motivated to engage in such exchanges, which results in more opportunities for either casual sexual encounters (“hookups”) or exclusive relationships for those with high status. However, gendering this is the fact that women lose status from having too much casual sex, and the characteristics that provide status differ by gender. Indicators of status that I used include attractiveness, being a varsity athlete, weight (BMI), and height. I find that women who rate themselves as more attractive or who are thinner have a higher likelihood of having had a relationship and women who rate themselves as more attractive or are varsity athletes have more partners for hookups. Men who are varsity athletes, rate themselves as more attractive, have normal weight, and are tall have more hookup partners. Likely influenced by the sexual double standard, men express more preference for hooking up while women express more preference for relationships. Thus, given the shortage of women willing to hook up and men wanting relationships, men’s status has a greater effect in determining access to hookups while women’s status has a greater effect in determining their access to relationships.
Alison C. K. Fogarty is a 3rd year PhD student in the Sociology department at Stanford University, where she specializes in the subfields of gender, sexuality, and social psychology.
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.
https://iriss.stanford.edu/mapss_colloquium_signup.
Lunch will be served at 12:10 for those who have RSVP'd; the talks start at 12:20.
For more information, please contact mapss-info@lists.stanford.edu.
Posted by ronbo at 10:05 PM
CSES Announcement: New cooperation between GESIS and Michigan on the CSES Secretariat
The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES) is pleased to announce that the CSES Secretariat will now be operated in cooperation between the Center for Political Studies (CPS) at the University of Michigan and the German Social Science Infrastructure Services (GESIS) - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences.
GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences has recently posted a new full-time research associate position to be located in Mannheim, and two additional half-time positions to be located in Cologne at the GESIS data archive. Among other activities to the benefit of the CSES, these positions will prepare data and documentation, provide research and analysis support, and promote scholarly output from the project. The CSES Director of Studies will continue to be located at the University of Michigan, and the contact information for the study remains the same. All of the personnel will work in close cooperation with each other and the CSES Planning Committee and CSES Collaborators. The first task of the new cooperation will be to prepare the first advance release dataset for CSES Module 3.
Ian McAllister, Chair of the CSES Module 3 Planning Committee, says that the new arrangement with GESIS will secure the future of the project. "The CSES is already one of the largest and most innovative projects ever conducted in political science. By sharing the location between the U.S. and Germany, the new arrangement with GESIS broadens the project’s base. It will allow us to continue to develop the CSES as a resource for the whole political science community."
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The Center for Political Studies (CPS) is recognized around the world as a leading center for the quantitative study of politics. Scholars at the center investigate the interactions among institutions, political processes, and individuals -- themes united by a concern for understanding democratic politics. The Center is associated with many well-known research projects -- including the American National Election Studies (ANES), Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES), and World Values Survey (WVS) -- and is committed to the production of public goods for the benefit of science.
GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences is an institution devoted to research and service, which, by providing information, consultation, and data, supports and facilitates social science research at every stage of the research process. As an institution that both conducts research and provides services, GESIS renders substantial nationally and internationally relevant research-based infrastructure services. GESIS stands for independence, reliability, quality, and competence in the fields of empirical social research, archiving, data, methodology, and information technology.
Funding for the activities of the CSES Secretariat in Ann Arbor is provided by the American National Science Foundation and the University of Michigan. GESIS is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and by the governments of several German Lander.
Posted by ronbo at 07:15 PM
March 02, 2009
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2009-03-01
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
3805 Philadelphia Social History Project: Pennsylvania Abolition Society and
Society of Friends Manuscript Census Schedules, 1838, 1847, 1856
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03805
4583 Supervised and Unsupervised Parental Access in Domestic Violence Cases
in New York City, New York, 2002-2005
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04583
20352 Characteristics of Arrestees at Risk for Co-Existing Substance Abuse
and Mental Disorder in Cleveland, Ohio, 2003
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20352
22940 Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Study (L.A.FANS)
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22940
23322 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, 1981
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23322
23324 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, 1982
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23324
23326 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, 1983
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23326
23330 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, 1985
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23330
23332 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, 1986
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23332
23334 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, 1987
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23334
24147 Federal Justice Statistics Program: Statutes for Counts of Convictions
for Defendants Sentenced Under the Sentencing Reform Act, 2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24147
24148 Federal Justice Statistics Program: Guideline Computations for
Defendants Sentenced Under the Sentencing Reform Act, 2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24148
24221 Federal Justice Statistics Program: Defendants in Federal Criminal
Cases Filed in District Court, 2007 [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24221
24222 Federal Justice Statistics Program: Defendants in Federal Criminal
Cases in District Court -- Terminated, 2007 [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24222
24223 Federal Justice Statistics Program: Defendants in Federal Criminal
Cases in District Court -- Pending, 2007 [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24223
24232 Federal Justice Statistics Program: Defendants Sentenced Under the
Sentencing Reform Act, 2007 [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24232
24801 Uniform Crime Reports [United States]: Supplementary Homicide Reports
With Multiple Imputation, Cumulative Files 1976-2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24801
24821 Federal Justice Statistics Program: Linking Data file, 1994 - 2005
[United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24821
Updates
9213 New York Times Business World Survey, 1986-1987
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09213
21600 National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health),
1994-2002
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR21600
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 05:46 PM
From CSISS: Summer 2009 Workshops in Advanced Spatial Analysis -- call for applications
The Population Research Institute at Pennsylvania State University and the Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS) at UCSB invite applications from Ph.D. students, postdocs, and young faculty in demography and related fields to participate in
NIH-supported Workshops on Advanced Spatial Analysis
This program features two 5-day-long workshops in summer 2009 that are intended for scholars who already make use of GIS and spatial statistics in their research.
Spatial & Multilevel Modeling
June 21-June 26, 2009, University Park, PA
Instructors: Kelvyn Jones and S.V. (Subu) Subramanian
Spatial Regression Modeling
July 12-July 17, 2009, Santa Barbara, CA
Instructors: Paul R. Voss and Katherine Curtis
Full details on the workshops and the online application form are available at
http://www.csiss.org/GISPopSci/workshops/
Participation in these workshops is by invitation only. We will review and select approximately 20-25 invitees per workshop based on the complete application forms received by the deadline (March 31, 2009). Scholarship support will be available to some qualifying applicants that can help defray some of the costs for travel and lodging.
Posted by ronbo at 01:57 PM