Acronyms
Below is a list defining the acronyms used on our website.
A-D
- ACJS
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
- ADAM
- Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program (formerly DUF)
- ADSS
- Alcohol and Drug Services Study
- ALLBUS
- German Social Survey
- ANES
- American National Election Studies
- APHA
- American Public Health Association
- APSA
- American Political Science Association
- ASA
- American Sociological Association
- ASA
- American Statistical Association
- ASC
- American Society of Criminology
- ASCII
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ASSA
- Allied Social Sciences Association
- BJS
- Bureau of Justice Statistics
- CALDATA
- California Drug and Alcohol Treatment Assessment
- CBHSQ
- Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality
- CCD
- Common Core of Data
- CESSDA
- Council for European Social Science Data Archives
- CFFR
- Consolidated Federal Funds Report
- CMRC
- Crime Mapping Research Center of the National Institute of Justice (currently MAPS)
- CPS
- Current Population Survey
- CSES
- Comparative Study of Electoral Systems
- DATOS
- Drug Abuse Treatment Outcomes Study
- DATSS
- Drug Abuse Treatment System Survey
- DAWN
- Drug Abuse Warning Network
- DC*MADS
- (Washington) DC Metropolitan Area Drug Study
- DDI
- Data Documentation Initiative
- DOJ
- (United States) Department of Justice
- DR
- Designated Representative
- DRP
- Data Resources Program of the National Institute of Justice
- DTD
- Document Type Definition
- DUF
- Drug User Forecasting Program (currently ADAM)
E-H
- FAQ
- Frequently Asked Questions
- FBI
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FEDOR
- Federation Official Representative
- FIPS
- Federal Information Processing Standards
- FTP
- File Transfer Protocol
- GIS
- Geographic Information Systems
- GSA
- Gerontological Association of America
- GSS
- General Social Survey
- HS&B
- High School and Beyond
- HEGIS
- Higher Education General Information Survey
- HHS
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- HMCA
- Health and Medical Care Archive
- HRS
- Health and Retirement Study
- HRWG
- Homicide Research Working Group
- HTML
- HyperText Markup Language
- HTTP
- HyperText Transfer Protocol
- HUB OR
- Hub Official Representative (for an ICPSR federation)
I-L
- IAED
- International Archive of Education Data
- ICPSR
- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
- IFDO
- International Federation of Data Organizations
- IHDP
- Infant Health and Development Program
- IPEDS
- Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
- ISA
- International Studies Association
- ISR
- Institute for Social Research
- ISSP
- International Social Survey Program
- JRSA
- Justice Research and Statistics Association
- LEMAS
- Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics
- LEOKA
- Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
M-P
- MAPS
- Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety (formerly CMRC)
- MDRC
- Minority Data Resource Center
- MIDUS
- Midlife in the United States
- MTF
- Monitoring the Future
- NACDA
- National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging
- NACJD
- National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
- NAEP
- National Assessment of Education Progress
- NARA
- National Archives and Records Administration
- NCES
- National Center for Educational Statistics
- NCHS
- National Center for Health Statistics
- NCJRS
- National Criminal Justice Reference Service
- NCRP
- National Corrections Reporting Program
- NCVS
- National Crime Victimization Survey
- NDATUS
- (see Uniform Facility Data Set)
- NELS
- National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988
- NES
- National Election Studies
- NHSDA
- National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
- NHES
- National Household Education Survey
- NIA
- National Institute on Aging
- NIBRS
- National Incident-Based Reporting System
- NICHD
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- NIDA
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- NIH
- National Institutes of Health
- NIJ
- National Institute of Justice
- NJRP
- National Judicial Reporting Program
- NLS
- National Longitudinal Survey of College Graduates
- NLSY
- National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (part of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience)
- NORC
- National Opinion Research Center
- NPHS
- National Pregnancy and Health Survey
- NPSAS
- National Postsecondary Student Aid Study
- NSF
- National Science Foundation
- NSFG
- National Survey of Family Growth
- NTIES
- National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study
- NYS
- National Youth Survey
- OBTS
- Offender Based Transaction Statistics
- OJJDP
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- OR
- Official Representative
- OSIRIS
- Organized Set of Integrated Routines for Investigation of Social Science Data
- Portable Document Format
- PI
- Principal Investigator
- PRA
- Publication-Related Archive
- PRAMHS
- Policy Research on Aging and Mental Health Services
- PSID
- Panel Study of Income Dynamics
- PSS
- Private School Survey
Q-T
- RCG
- Recent College Graduates
- ROAD
- Record of American Democracy
- RWJF
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- SAMHSA
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- SASS
- Schools and Staffing Survey
- SCAB
- Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior
- SDA
- Survey Documentation and Analysis
- SGML
- Standard Generalized Markup Language
- SHR
- Supplementary Homicide Reports
- SIMI
- Site for Instructional Materials and Information
- SIPP
- Survey of Income and Program Participation
- SROS
- Services Research Outcomes Study
- SSHA
- Social Science History Association
- TEDS
- Treatment Episode Data Set
- TOPS
- Treatment Outcomes Prospective Study
U-Z
- UCR
- Uniform Crime Reporting Program
- UFDS
- Uniform Facility Data Set (formerly NDATUS)
- UN
- United Nations
- USDHHS
- United States Department of Health and Human Services
- USDOJ
- United States Department of Justice
- WHO
- World Health Organization
- XML
- eXtensible Markup Language