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November 23, 2010
From ANES (American National Election Study) - The 2010-2012 Evaluations of Government and Society Study
As of November 23, 2010, the American National Election Studies will be accepting proposals for questions to include on the last 3 waves of our new series of studies — The 2010-2012 Evaluations of Government and Society. Proposals may be submitted through the ANES Online Commons. The following describes the goals of this study and proposal process.
About The 2010-2012 Evaluations of Government and Society Study
The overarching theme of the surveys is citizen attitudes about government and society. These Internet surveys represent the most cost-effective way for the ANES user community to gauge political perceptions during one of the most momentous periods in American history. Aside from the historic nature of the current administration and the almost unprecedented economic crisis facing the country, we believe it is imperative that researchers assess attitudes about politics and society in the period leading up to the 2012 national elections. Potential topics include: attitudes about the performance of the Obama administration on the major issues of the day, evaluations of Congress and the Supreme Court, identification with and attitudes about the major political parties, and levels of interest in and engagement with national politics. This is primarily because these perceptions are unmistakably correlated with both presidential vote choice and levels of political participation. We intend to measure each of these topics at multiple points throughout the two-year period preceding the 2012 elections. In addition to these subjects, we envision that each of these surveys would explore a particular aspect of these political perceptions.
This Study includes five rolling cross-section waves that will allow us the opportunity to pilot new items for possible inclusion on the 2012 time series. Proposals for the first two waves of the study were accepted earlier this year. The first wave of the study was conducted in October 2010; the second wave will be conducted in the Spring of 2011.
We are currently accepting proposals for the final three waves of the study. Wave 3 will be conducted in late 2011. Wave 4 will be conducted earlier in 2012 and the final wave will be in the field in the middle of 2012. For the timelines and deadlines for the three waves, please see http://electionstudies.org/studypages/2010_2012EGSS/2010_2012EGSScalendar.htm.
By offering multiple opportunities for the user community to place their items on one or more surveys, we will provide the capacity to survey on a diverse set of topics that are relevant to a wide set of research communities. Lastly, the flexibility of these surveys as to both content and timing will allow the ANES to respond promptly to emerging political issues in this volatile period in our country's history.
About the Online Commons
The design of the questionnaires for The 2010-2012 Evaluations of Government and Society Study will evolve from proposals and comments submitted to the Online Commons (OC). The OC is an online system designed to promote communication among scholars and to yield innovative proposals about the most effective ways to measure electorally-relevant concepts and relationships. The goal of the OC is to improve the quality and scientific value of ANES data collections, to encourage the submission of new ideas, and to make such experiences more beneficial to and enjoyable for investigators. In the last study cycle, more than 700 scholars sent over 200 proposals through the Online Commons.
Proposals for the inclusion of questions must include clear theoretical and empirical rationales. All proposals must also clearly state how the questions will increase the value of the respective studies. In particular, proposed questions must have the potential to help scholars understand the causes and/or consequences of turnout or candidate choice.
For more information about the criteria that will be used to evaluate proposals, please see http://www.electionstudies.org/studypages/2010_2012EGSS/2010_2012EGSScriteria.htm.
For additional information on how to submit a proposal, please see http://www.electionstudies.org/onlinecommons/proposalsubmit.htm.
Posted by ronbo at 03:58 PM
From ANES (American National Election Study) - ANES announces Panel Recontact dataset
We are pleased to announce the preliminary release of data from the ANES 2010 Panel Recontact study. This survey, conducted on the Internet in June 2010, was a followup interview with members of the panel that participated in the 21-month ANES 2008-2009 Panel Study. The questionnaire adds a time point for many questions previously asked on the panel study, as well as covering important new topics, such as economic peril and economic performance, housing security, economic policy, and personality.
Download the data and questionnaire here:
http://www.electionstudies.org/studypages/2010panel_recontact/2010panel_recontact.htm
American National Election Studies
www.electionstudies.org
Posted by ronbo at 03:55 PM
From IES Newsflash - NCES releases new indicator report on school crime
The total at-school crime and theft victimization rates of students ages 12 to 18 declined between 2007 and 2008, according to Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2010, a new report jointly released by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
The report examines crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school and presents data on crime and safety at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, and principals, drawing from an array of sources.
The Indicators of School Crime and Safety provides the most current detailed statistical information on the nature of crime in schools and school environments and responses to violence and crime at school. It also presents data on crime away from school to place school crime in the context of crime in the larger society. The report covers topics such as victimization, bullying, school conditions, fights, weapons, availability and student use of drugs and alcohol, and student perceptions of personal safety at school.
Key findings from this year’s report include:
• The total crime victimization rate of students ages 12 to 18 at school declined from 57 victimizations per 1,000 students in 2007 to 47 victimizations per 1,000 students in 2008.
• Between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009, there were 38 school-associated violent deaths (24 were homicides, and 14 were suicides) involving staff, students or other persons, such as parents. School-associated violent deaths occurred while the victim was on the way to or from regular sessions at school, or while attending or traveling to or from a school-sponsored event. During this time period, 15 of the homicides and 7 of the suicides were among school age youth at school.
• In 2009, 31 percent of students in grades 9–12 reported they had been in a physical fight at least one time during the previous 12 months anywhere, and 11 percent said they had been in a fight on school property during the previous 12 months. Generally, a higher percentage of 9th grade students reported having been in fights both anywhere and on school property, when compared to high school students in higher grades.
• In 2007–08, 34 percent of teachers agreed or strongly agreed that student misbehavior interfered with their teaching, and 32 percent reported that student tardiness and class cutting interfered with their teaching.
• In 2009, 21 percent of high school students (grades 9–12) reported using marijuana anywhere in the past 30 days, while 5 percent reported using marijuana on school property.
This report is a product of the National Center for Education Statistics at the Institute of Education Sciences, part of the U.S. Department of Education and the Bureau of Justice Statistics at the Office of Justice Programs, part of the U.S. Department of Justice. The full text of Indicators of School Crime and Safety 2010 (in HTML format), along with related data tables and indicators from previous years, can be viewed at http://nces.ed.gov/programs/crimeindicators/crimeindicators2010/
Posted by ronbo at 03:53 PM
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2010-11-21
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
27361 New York City Community Health Survey, 2005
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27361
28461 Excel file for RICE model as of April 26, 2010
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28461
29322 Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA Study), 1996-2008: Neuroclinical Exam Data
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR29322
29621 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2009
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR29621
Updates
2074 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, May 1995
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02074
2666 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #4, October 1998
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02666
6614 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, November 1994
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06614
6702 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, November 1995
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06702
7672 Health Interview Survey, 1975
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07672
9276 National Corrections Reporting Program, 1986: [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09276
Posted by ronbo at 03:51 PM
November 19, 2010
From US Census Bureau - Re-release of the 2005-2007 and 2006-2008 ACS 3-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files
The U.S Census Bureau is pleased to announce the re-release of the 2005-2007 and 2006-2008 ACS 3-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files.
You may access the new files at:
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/data_documentation/pums_data/
For information concerning the re-release, please see Errata Notes #64 and #65.
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/data_documentation/errata/
Regards,
American Community Survey staff
Posted by ronbo at 01:06 PM
November 16, 2010
From IES Newsflash - Register Now for the NAEP Database Training Seminar
NCES is sponsoring an advanced studies seminar on the use of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) database for education research and policy analysis, January 10-13, 2011. The main NAEP database contains nationally representative achievement scores of 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.
This seminar is aimed at faculty and advanced graduate students from colleges and universities. Education researchers and policy analysts with strong statistical skills from state and local education agencies and professional associations are welcome. Participants attending this seminar should have a solid understanding of basic statistics, including procedures required for analyzing survey data, and should have some familiarity with measurement theory.
The deadline for applications is November 30. Space is limited, so please act fast. See more information at http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/?id=730&cid=2
If you are new to NAEP research, you may want to explore NAEP technical documentation and the restricted-use data currently available to licensed researchers.
NAEP is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences, part of the U.S. Department of Education.
Posted by ronbo at 01:03 PM
November 15, 2010
From ICPSR - Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2010-11-14
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
22660 Evaluation of Gender Violence and Harassment Prevention Programs in Middle Schools in Cleveland, Ohio, 2006-2007 [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22660
27364 New York City Community Health Survey, 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27364
27701 National Judicial Reporting Program, 2006 [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27701
29064 Evaluation of Better Jobs Better Care: Direct Care Worker Survey, 2004-2007 [Iowa, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR29064
29181 Sexual Acquisition and Transmission of HIV Cooperative Agreement Program (SATHCAP), 2006-2008 [United States] Restricted Use Files
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR29181
29602 The Measurement of Cross-cutting Cleavages and Other Multidimensional Cleavage Structures
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR29602
Updates
2804 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #3, October 1996
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02804
8339 Health Interview Survey, 1974
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08339
9744 National Health Interview Survey, 1975: Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Supplement
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09744
9760 National Health Interview Survey, 1975: Accident Supplement
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09760
9761 National Health Interview Survey, 1975: Family Medical Expenses Supplement
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09761
9762 National Health Interview Survey, 1975: Physical Fitness Supplement
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09762
9763 National Health Interview Survey, 1975: Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Sample Person Supplement
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09763
25002 Federal Court Cases: Integrated Data Base, 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25002
25281 National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS II): Cognitive Project, 2004-2006
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25281
27321 ABC News/Washington Post Monthly Poll, July 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27321
27327 ABC News/Washington Post Poll #3, September 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27327
27329 ABC News/Washington Post Poll, December 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27329
27330 Washington Post Maryland Poll, October 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27330
27765 ABC News/Washington Post Monthly Poll, June 2009
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR27765
28381 Health Interview Survey, 1963
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28381
Posted by ronbo at 10:05 PM
November 14, 2010
From Social Explorer (11/5/2010) - Election Data Roundup
by Sydney Beveridge
As candidates, voters and pundits continue to celebrate, mourn and scrutinize this week’s election, Social Explorer can add context to the discussion.
For example, data reveal a spectrum of economic indicators in districts that Republican candidates picked up this year. Social Explorer lets users investigate American Community Survey (ACS) data by congressional district to learn more about the places where these changes occurred.
Posted by ronbo at 02:15 PM
From UKDA News (11/8/2010) - Search for survey questions
Survey Question Bank (SQB) has a new search tool that allows users to search across a subset of key, recent UK social surveys held in the ESDS Data Catalogue. SQB logo
In the week that SQB celebrates its second birthday, the service has unveiled this search tool that is the first of its kind in the UK to cover such a wide range of survey series - 50 - and individual questions - more than 200,000.
Users can link questions to: the survey response (frequency counts), the question as it appears in its native questionnaire, and the full survey dataset available via the ESDS.
[Original article here]
Posted by ronbo at 02:10 PM
From ICPSR News - Nearly 300 attendees took part in ICPSR's Virtual Data Fair
Nearly 300 people participated in ICPSR’s Virtual Data Fair from Nov. 8-11.
Topics covered in the webinars included data management plans, social sciences in North America, international data, and using social science data in teaching.
Slides and videos of all the presentations are available on the Data Fair Web site.
The fair consisted of 14 sessions over four days, and 281 people took part. Each participant viewed an average of 2.4 sessions.
The presentation on data management plans by Katherine McNeill of MIT Libraries was the best attended session, with 134.
ICPSR would like to thank the presenters, all attendees, and our staff for making this event possible!
Posted by ronbo at 02:08 PM
November 11, 2010
GIS Day celebration at Stanford - Wednesday, November 17
Please join us for GIS Day at Stanford on November 17th at the new Y2E2 building at 12:30pm!
GIS Day is held in over 45 countries around the world during Geography Awareness Week, to showcase the work done by GIS professionals that contribute to make a difference in our world.
We will be holding an Open House that includes a series of lightning talks by our own faculty who use GIS in their research and educational activities, as well as professionals working in organizations doing prominent GIS work in Silicon Valley, such as Google and the US Geological Survey. A Map Gallery will feature some of the best work by students across many disciplines.
Where: Y2E2 building, Room 101 (Address: 473 Via Ortega Stanford, CA 94305)
When: 12:30pm to 3:30pm
Who: open to all.
Here's the link to the particulars (including a list of the lightning talk presentations, the map gallery, and contest & awards info): https://lib.stanford.edu/gis-branner-library/gis-day-2010
Posted by ronbo at 06:29 PM
November 04, 2010
From Stata News - Stata now has an official blog
Stata now has an official blog—Not Elsewhere Classified—located at http://blog.stata.com/. The blog will keep Stata users up-to-date about all things related to Stata statistical software, including product announcements, timely tips, and other news related to the use of Stata.
Posted by ronbo at 10:26 PM
From IES Newsflash - NCES releases Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public School Districts
Three states -- California, Florida, and Texas -- accounted for almost half of the 100 largest public school districts, according to a new report from the National Center for Education Statistics. Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2008–09 is an annual report that provides basic information from the Common Core of Data about the nation's largest public school districts in the 2008-09 school year. The data include such characteristics as the number of students and teachers, number of high school completers, the averaged freshman graduation rate, and revenues and expenditures.
Other findings include:
• These 100 largest districts enrolled 22 percent of all public school students and employed 22 percent of all public school teachers in 2008-09.
• The districts produced 20 percent of 2007-08 school year public high school completers (both diploma and other completion credential recipients).
• Current per-pupil expenditures in fiscal year 2008 ranged from a low of $6,363 in the Granite District, Utah to a high of $23,298 in Boston, Massachusetts.
The CCD and this report are products of the National Center for Education Statistics at the Institute of Education Sciences.
To view the full report please visit
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2011301
Posted by ronbo at 01:32 PM
November 03, 2010
From ICPSR News - Upcoming Data Releases
Below is a list of upcoming studies and their expected release dates:
* 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) will be released and available for download and on SDA in November 2010.
* A concatenated file that merges the single years of the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS) from 1997 to 2008 is expected to be available in November 2010.
Posted by ronbo at 06:03 PM
From ICPSR News - 2009 Monitoring the Future Released
The data and documentation files for the 2009 Monitoring the Future series are now available. Both the 8th/10th grade study and 12th grade study are available for download. The core data file is also available for online analysis. SDA codebooks for the remaining parts of the 12th grade study as well as all eight parts of the 8th/10th grade study will be available on SAMHDA's View Codebook's page.
Posted by ronbo at 06:00 PM
From IES Newsflash - NCES Releases New Data on Postsecondary Employees and Salaries
The percentage of instructional staff employed full-time has decreased since 2003 for all sectors of postsecondary degree-granting institutions, according to a new data released by the National Center for Education Statistics. Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2009, and Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Staff, 2009-10 presents data from the Winter 2009-10 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, including data on the number of staff employed in Title IV postsecondary institutions in fall 2009 by occupation, length of contract/teaching period, employment status, salary class, faculty and tenure status, academic rank, race/ethnicity, and gender. Other findings include:
• Postsecondary institutions in the U.S. reported employing about 3.8 million individuals in fall 2009. Of the 3.8 million individuals, about 2.4 million were working full time and about 1.4 million were employed part time.
• From fall 2003 to fall 2009, the number of instructional staff reported to be employed at degree-granting institutions (excluding administrative offices and medical schools) increased for all sectors except 2-year private not-for-profit institutions. However, during this same period, the proportion of these instructional staff that was full-time decreased in all sectors, ranging from 2% for public 2-year institutions to 10% for private not-for-profit 2-year institutions.
• Degree-granting institutions and administrative offices with 15 or more full-time staff reported that 65 percent of full-time faculty with tenure were men and 35 percent were women.
• Between 2003-04 and 2009-10, the number of male professors at public institutions decreased by 4 percent while the number of female professors increased by 24 percent; at private not-for-profit institutions, the number of men increased by 1 percent and the number of women increased by 26 percent; and at private for-profit institutions, the number of men increased by 50 percent while the number of women increased by 73 percent.
To view the full report please visit
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2011150
This report is a product of the National Center for Education Statistics in the Institute of Education Sciences.
Posted by ronbo at 04:46 PM
From US Census Bureau - 2009 ACS 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files Now Available
The U.S Census Bureau is pleased to announce the release of the 2009 ACS 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) files today. The PUMS files are individual-level datasets that ACS data users can download and analyze on their own computers.
You can access the 2009 ACS 1-year PUMS files at: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/data_documentation/public_use_microdata_sample/
We look forward to providing you up-to-date information about the ACS program and future data releases.
Regards,
American Community Survey staff
Posted by ronbo at 02:47 PM
November 01, 2010
From IES Newsflash - New District Profiles Tool Enhances Access to NAEP Results for Urban Schools
A new addition to the suite of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data tools greatly expands the accessibility of data on urban students in grades 4 and 8, a population of great interest to education policy makers.
The District Profiles Tool offers information about the urban districts that participated in the NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) program. Compare the performance of 4th and 8th grade public school students in TUDA districts to students in the nation, in large cities, and their respective states, and see how certain districts performed over time. Create downloadable maps and charts, and read snapshots with demographic information for each district.
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/districts/
NAEP is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics in the Institute of Education Sciences.
Posted by ronbo at 07:51 PM
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2010-10-31
New Releases through 2010-10-31
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
25941 Florida Elder Abuse Survey in Seven Sites, 2007-2008 [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25941
28401 Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (12th-Grade Survey), 2009
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28401
28402 Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (8th- and 10th-Grade Surveys), 2009
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28402
28421 Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES): 2006 Cohort [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28421
29203 Impact of Forensic Evidence on the Criminal Justice Process in Five Sites in the United States, 2003-2006
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR29203
Updates
2455 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #5, January 1998
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02455
4134 Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES): 1997 Cohort [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04134
4149 Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES): 2000 Cohort [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04149
6556 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, January 1995
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06556
8190 Detroit Area Study 1978: A Study of the Family
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08190
22580 Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES): 2003 Cohort [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22580
Posted by ronbo at 07:33 PM