Sessions & Presentations

Please note that all times are EST and sessions run one hour in duration unless noted.

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Monday, November 8: Data Management Monday

The movement toward more data sharing is being pushed forward by a new policy at the National Science Foundation requiring grant seekers to provide data-management plans describing how and when data will be shared. The policy is set to be in place around October, according to the NSF (See opinion essay by Felicia LeClere). These sessions will provide insight on how to think about data management planning.

  • Data Management Plans

    Webinar Session Link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/573352755

    Time: 1:00pm

    Data management is a vital activity in order to ensure access to and preservation of research data. Therefore, funding agencies in the U.S. and elsewhere have been establishing requirements for both data management planning and the sharing of research data. What is known about such requirements to date? What resources are available to help researchers in this arena? What services are universities and other organizations providing to support their researchers? This presentation will provide an overview of these topics and provide a starting point from which participants can consider how to support researchers at their own institutions.

    Presenter(s): Katherine McNeill, MIT Libraries

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  • Managing Confidential Data - A Panel Session

    Join a discussion of the practical aspects of negotiating access to secure data and ensuring adequate data protection featuring the experiences of The Health and Retirement Study (HRS), the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), and the Michigan Census Research Data Center (MCRDC).

    Webinar Session Link: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/410027198

    Time: 2:00pm

    "Linking Survey and Health Care Claims Data: The Health and Retirement Study Experience"

    This talk will focus on recent research using linked Medicare claims and survey response data from a large, nationally representative panel study of older Americans.E This talk will cover the practical aspects of negotiating access to the secure data and ensuring adequate data protection and highlight policy-relevant research that is now feasible with linked survey and administrative data.

    Panel Study of Income Dynamics

    With more than 40 years of data on the same families and their descendants as of 2010, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) is the world's longest running nationally representative household panel survey. PSID gathers data on the family as a whole and on individuals residing within the family. Nearly 9,000 families now participate in the PSID.

    In order to safeguard the confidentiality of its respondents at the highest level, some data are provided only under conditions of a restricted contract. Contractual arrangements require review of a research statement, data protection plan, IRB approval, and administrative fee.

    This talk will provide information on types of restricted data available and the requirements for obtaining the data. The restricted data include geospatial data at the tract and block level, data on substance use and psychological functioning from a special supplement of PSID families that may have been affected by Hurricane Katrina, links to cause of death data from the National Death Index, links to school identifiers from national data provided by the National Center for Education Statistics, and new links to Medicare claims data.

    The Michigan Census Research Data Center

    The Michigan Census Research Data Center is a joint project of the University of Michigan and the U.S. Census Bureau. It provides qualified researchers with approved projects with access to restricted, confidential micro data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Center for Health Statistics, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The MCRDC is a secure computing facility, staffed by a U.S. Census Bureau employee, that permits the Census Bureau to learn and benefit from research undertaken by the broader research community. The data available in the lab include microdata panels on virtually all employer and non-employer establishments in most sectors of the U.S. economy. They also include household, demographic, and public health datasets with more geographic detail than is available publicly. Variables like income and education may be available without top-coding or transformation into categorical variables. For the Decennial Censuses and the American Community Survey, larger samples are available than in the public use micro samples, allowing analysis of small populations or rare characteristics. All analysis must be conducted within the MCRDC or one of its sister research data centers around the country. All research output must undergo disclosure review to assure that confidentiality is protected.

    In this presentation, I will discuss our confidentiality protection procedures and how researchers can gain access to these data at the MCRDC or other locations in the RDC network. Currently Census Research Data Centers are located in Cambridge, Mass.; Ithaca and New York City, NY; Suitland, Maryland; Chapel Hill and Durham, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Atlanta, Georgia Los Angeles, Berkeley, and Palo Alto, California.

    Presenter(s): Lauren Hersch Nicholas, Faculty Research Fellow, Institute for Social Research; Maggie Levenstein, MCRDC; Narayan Sastry, PSID

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Tuesday, November 9: Social Sciences Data in North America

Sessions today focus on unique and interesting data found in North America.

  • Data from the Minnesota Population Center

    Webinar Session Link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/731824107

    Time: 11:00am

    The Minnesota Population Center (MPC) is one of the world's leading developers of demographic data resources. We provide population data to thousands of researchers, policymakers, teachers, and students. Available data include integrated census data from around the world and survey data from the U.S. (ACS, CPS, and NHIS). This session will cover the contents of the data available and show how we integrated the data across time and place. There will also be a demonstration of the web-based extraction system where the data are obtained free of charge. For more information about MPC data, go to: http://www.pop.umn.edu/

    Presenter(s): Catherine Fitch, Associate Director, and Katie Genadek, Research Assistant, Minnesota Population Center

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  • Data Access North of the (US) Border

    Webinar Session Link: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/933499598

    Time: 12:00pm

    The Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) provides access to a wide variety of data to its twenty-one member universities through a service called ODESI. This session will demonstrate how ODESI can be used to access metadata and highlight Canadian data services available beyond the OCUL group.

    Presenter(s): Michelle Edwards, Data Resource Centre, McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph

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  • America's Most Wanted: Top US Government Data Resources

    Webinar Session Link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/278571682

    Time: 1:00pm

    We all know that the US Federal Government gathers and disseminates a tremendous amount of data, and as such, a guided tour can be helpful. In this session we will explore five essential US government sources for free data: data.gov,Egeodata.gov, American FactFinder, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the National Center for Education Statistics. We will also discuss DataFerrett as a possible access point for extracting US government data. The session will provide an overview the sources, discuss major benefits and challenges of each, and reflect on using these sources in reference and instruction.

    Presenter(s): Lynda Kellam, Data Services & Government Information Librarian, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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  • Small Data Archives: Pew Offerings and CPANDA

    Webinar Session Link: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/675623062

    Time: 2:00pm

    The Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive (CPANDA) is a digital archive of arts and cultural policy data. An overview of the archive and its holdings, its literature bibliography, and future plans will be discussed. Public Opinion Data about the US is freely distributed through research conducted by the Pew Charitable Trust.E An overview of the studies available and other data-related resources will be described.

    Presenter(s): Bobray Bordelon (Princeton), Libbie Stephenson (UCLA)

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Wednesday, November 10: International Data

Interest and demand for data based in and about countries outside North America continues to grow. Understanding what is available, how to most efficiently access international data, and surrounding challenges is the focus of today's sessions.

  • Census Changes Around the World

    Many countries are changing the way they implement their Census. This session will provide an overview of changes occurring in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States and the implications for social sciences research. This session will run for 75 minutes.

    Webinar Session Link: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/164913606

    Time: 10:45am

    A researcher's perspective on the first register based census in Germany: Principles and Problems

    The presentation begins with a brief overview of the history of censuses in Germany. Then we will present the main objectives and principles of the 2011 census. In contrast to all former population censuses, the census of next year will be mainly based on data from various registers supplemented by a survey of approximately 10 percent of the population. We will present which content will mainly be extracted from registers and what information will be collected through the survey. Against this background we will discuss questions and problems that arise from a researcher's perspective, such as: Which type of population is covered by the registers?; What type and quality of information is included in the registers?; What will be done with "inconsistent" data from different data sources? We will end our presentation with a proposal for data products that should be made available to social science research.

    Presenter(s): Germany - Heike Wirth and Christof Wolf (GESIS); Netherlands - Luuk Schreven (Statistics Netherlands); U.S. - Reynolds Farley and Lisa Neidert (Institute for Social Research)

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  • Foreign Data: Identification and Acquisition Challenges and Opportunities

    Webinar Session Link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/165679683

    Time: 12:00pm

    Join a lively discussion on identifying data from outside the United States and acquisition methods. Three data librarians will discuss their experiences, successes, and horror stories. The goal of the session is to begin a broader discussion in which data librarians can make each other aware of major acquisitions and strategies and provide a support network.

    Presenter(s): Pam Baxter (Cornell), Bobray Bordelon (Princeton), Jane Weintrop (Columbia)

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  • International Organizations & Their Data

    Webinar Session Link: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/687009990

    Time: 1:00pm

    This session will cover two major sources of data from international organizations: the United Nation's UNdata and the World Bank's Data Catalog. Each source contains a wealth of information from the sponsoring agency as well as data from other international organizations. In addition, you can use UNdata and the Data Catalog to unearth more detailed data from many other international organizations.

    Presenter(s): Amy West, Data Services Librarian, University of Minnesota Libraries

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  • Latin American Data

    This session will provide overviews of The Latin American Public Opinion Project AmericasBarometer Surveys and The Latinobarometer.

    Webinar Session Link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/301907043

    Time: 2:00pm

    The Latin American Public Opinion Project AmericasBarometer Surveys: An Overview

    The AmericasBarometer surveys currently cover all independent nations in North, Central and South America, as well as an important cross-section of the Caribbean.E In 2010 over 40,000 interviews were conducted in 26 nations. The AmericasBarometer itself is a consortium of academic partner institutions located all over the Americas, advised by an International Advisory Board of senior experts from the Americas and Europe. The project is housed at Vanderbilt University, where numerous scholarships are available for doctoral work. Data analysis is available free, without registration, on our website hosted at the University of Costa Rica, in which anyone may produce results as simple as univariate percentages up through linear and logistic regressions. Indexes may also be constructed on line. The raw data are available for free at all LAPOP consortium member institutions, and by subscription at libraries throughout the world. All studies, questionnaires and user training manuals are available for free on line. Most interviews are carried out assisted by handheld computers, which facilitate the use of multiple language versions of the questionnaire in linguistically diverse countries.

    Presenter(s): Mitchell Seligson, Director, and Liz Zechmeister, Associate Director, LAPOP, Vanderbilt University; Marta Lagos, Latinobarometer

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Thursday, November 11: Social Sciences Data in Teaching

Sessions today focus on data and data tools and approaches perfect for incorporating into social sciences data into the classroom.

  • Students Analyzing Data in the Large Lecture Class: Active Learning with SDA Online Analysis

    Webinar Session Link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/478069771

    Time: 11:00am

    Faculty have used ICPSR datasets in their teaching for a generation, mainly by showing slides of data analysis and by having students do term papers. Two changes in campus computing make it possible for instructors now to involve students in the large lecture classroom in data analysis: the first is the near-universal access to the Web via Wi-Fi connections; the second is the proliferation of cheap, flexible laptop and notebook computers that an increasing number of students bring to class. In the large, introductory lecture class (more than 50 students), instructors can take advantage of these two developments to pose questions, assign students in groups data analysis tasks, and call on them to report their findings and discuss conclusions. This 2010 Virtual Meeting workshop will demonstrate how the instructor has used ICPSR Dataset # 7423 ("New Orleans Slave Sample 1804-1862") in a introductory-level U.S. history class with 100 students taking part in the posing of questions, the division of labor in answering the questions, the SDA analysis of the data, student presentation of their findings, and discussion of the meaning of the answers presented.

    Presenter(s): Jim Oberly, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

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  • Interactive Social Sciences Teaching Resources featuring ARDA & the Roper Center

    Using multiple online interactive tools, this session, featuring ARDA and the Roper Center, will illustrate how diverse data sources can be used in the classroom.

    Webinar Session Link: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/730951694

    Time: 12:00pm

    Discovering Religion: Online Interactive Tools for Exploring Social Science Data

    Using multiple online interactive tools, this session will illustrate how diverse data sources can be used in the classroom. The online interactive tools allow students to generate customized demographic and religious profiles for local, national or global arenas. Other tools offer students interactive assistance in analyzing surveys, constructing surveys, or comparing their own responses to those of a national survey. The session will rely heavily on the data, educational exercises and online tools of the Association of Religion Data Archives.

    Data Discovery Tools of the Roper Center Public Opinion Data Archives

    This session will then turn to the tools the Roper Center offers to explore its archives of public opinion data. Using Topics at a Glance and iPOLL to attain univariates (simple topline survey results), and then RoperExpress to download dataset files, this session will demonstrate how to transcend from a research question to a full research project. The newest service, Roper Explorer, will be introduced in this session. Explorer implements SDA for investigating subgroups and other crosstabs, and will be available for most studies from the last decade.

    Presenter(s): Roger Finke, Professor of Sociology, Penn State University; Lois Timms Ferrara, Roper Center

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  • Spatial Data Visualization in the Social Science Classroom

    Webinar Session Link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/191200482

    Time: 1:00pm

    This session will draw on the experiences and resources of the Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science and the Center for Spatial Studies (www.spatial.ucsb.edu) to illustrate uses of geographically referenced data in the social sciences. Examples will include access to existing resources that demonstrate how spatial reasoning can enhance social science understandings and practices. Spatial analytic tools appropriate to undergraduate classroom use will be highlighted. Special attention will be given to the importance of spatial concepts, making use of resources currently under development at teachspatial.org.

    Presenter(s): Donald G. Janelle, Center for Spatial Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

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  • Teaching Statistics to Undergrads

    Webinar Session Link: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/537835534

    Time: 2:00pm

    This session will explore many topics in the development and improvement of an introductory statistics course, centered on the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) The session will begin with methods of planning a course to highlight conceptual understanding. It will then continue with discussions on using active learning in statistics, the impact of technology and the use of real data. Finally we will give some examples of using assessment as a learning tool for both students and instructors.

    Presenter(s): Roger Woodard, North Carolina State University

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