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September 29, 2009
From IES Newsflash: 2009 Nation's Report Card in Mathematics Coming Soon!
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) will release the 2009 Nation's Report Card in mathematics on October 14, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. The Nation's Report Card will present scores for fourth- and eighth-graders from all fifty states, the District of Columbia, Department of Defense schools, and the nation.
A webcast of the release event will be broadcast live at 10:00 at
http://nationsreportcard.gov
Then at 3:00, join Associate Commissioner Peggy Carr for Ask NAEP, an hour-long, online Q&A session about the results. Submit your questions online either during the chat or in advance at
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard
For more information about the report, and to view recent results from the 2007 assessment, visit
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/mathematics/
NAEP is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences.
Posted by ronbo at 07:36 PM
From IES Newsflash: NCES Releases Report on Teacher Reading Strategies from an International Perspective
Presenting data from the United States and the 44 other jurisdictions that participated in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006, this Statistics in Brief describes international patterns in the strategies reported by teachers to help fourth-graders falling behind in reading. The National Center for Education Statistics has released Teacher Strategies to Help Fourth-Graders Having Difficulty in Reading: An International Perspective. Findings include:
- The most common teacher response to a question about what they usually do if a student begins to fall behind in reading was to ask parents to help (among the highest responses in 44 of the 45 jurisdictions).
- The study found that the second most common teacher response for what they usually do if a student begins to fall behind in reading was spend more time working with the student individually (among the highest responses in 20 of the jurisdictions).
- The least common response was to have the student work with a reading specialist in a regular classroom (among the lowest responses in 40 jurisdictions).
PIRLS assesses the reading achievement of fourth-graders and collects data on teachers' reading instruction practices and strategies. These strategies include: (a) waiting to see if performance improves with maturation, (b) spending more time working on reading individually with that student, (c) having other students work on reading with the student having difficulty, (d) having the student work in the regular classroom with a teacher-aide, (e) having the student work in the regular classroom with a reading specialist, (f) having the student work in a remedial reading classroom with a reading specialist, (g) assigning homework to help the student catch up, (h) and asking the parents to help the student with reading.
To view the full report please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009013
Posted by ronbo at 07:34 PM
September 28, 2009
ICPSR Free Webinars starting October 5, 2009!
At this time next week (Oct 5, 2009), ICPSR will be broadcasting live! Register today to attend!
Below are just a few of the topics we’ll cover next week:
· Data on minority populations
· Graphing quantitative data & Web 2.0 tools for visualization
· Protecting respondent confidentiality
· American Community Survey
· American National Election Survey
· Adolescent Health
· Fertility behavior of American women
· Harmonized data sets
· Documentation of research data
· Quantitative literacy/Using data in teaching
· Online analysis of data
· And more!
Visit http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/or/ormeet/program/index.jsp to review the abstracts, slides, and to register to attend the webinars.
These webinars are free and open to the public – please share this link with your colleagues!
Posted by ronbo at 07:14 PM
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2009-09-27
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
23321 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1980
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23321
23323 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1981
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23323
23325 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1982
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23325
23327 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1983
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23327
23329 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1984
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23329
23331 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1985
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23331
23333 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1986
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23333
23335 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1987
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23335
23337 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1988
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23337
23339 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1989
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23339
23341 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1990
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23341
23343 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1991
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23343
23345 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1992
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23345
23347 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1993
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23347
23361 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1994
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23361
23362 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1995
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23362
23363 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1996
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23363
23364 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1997
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23364
23365 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1998
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23365
23366 Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: Arrests by Age,
Sex, and Race, Summarized Yearly, 1999
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23366
24601 Washington Post Virginia Poll, October 2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24601
24610 Affect, Reason, and Decision Making
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24610
25041 Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the
Elderly (HEPESE) Wave 5, 2004-2005 [Arizona, California, Colorado, New
Mexico, and Texas]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25041
26141 CBS News South Carolina Primary Call-Back Poll, January 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR26141
26142 CBS News Monthly Poll #1, January 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR26142
26143 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, February 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR26143
Updates
2075 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #1, June 1995
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02075
2494 ABC News "Nightline" Smokers Poll, June 1997
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02494
2547 CBS News Monthly Poll #1, May 1998
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02547
4697 General Social Surveys, 1972-2006 [Cumulative File]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04697
9150 CBS News Pre-Election Tracking Poll, October 29-31, 1988
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09150
21120 Japan 2000 National Survey on Family and Economic Conditions (NSFEC)
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR21120
25221 Treatment Episode Data Set -- Admissions (TEDS-A) -- Concatenated,
1992 to Present
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25221
Posted by ronbo at 06:07 PM
September 25, 2009
From IES Newsflash: NAEP State Comparisons Tool: Now With Maps
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) State Comparisons online data tool helps you compare a variety of data: NAEP scores, achievement gaps, school lunch (NSLP) eligibility, and percentiles for your state, the nation, and other states. Now, interactive U.S. maps have been added to represent complex data in a clear, graphical form.
These new maps let you see how your selected state compares with other states or the nation in NAEP performance at grades 4 and 8 in public schools. To use the tool, simply follow the steps laid out on each page, and use the Help button if needed. Once you are finished with your comparison, you can save the map to share it with others, or bookmark it and come back to it later.
Explore this new interactive feature at
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/statecomparisons/
NAEP is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences.
Posted by ronbo at 08:07 PM
From IES Newsflash: NCES Releases High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2007
Some 73 percent of high school freshman nationwide graduated on time with their peers, but this four-year graduation rate in 2006 varied widely across states--from a low of 55.9 percent to a high of 87.5 percent, according to "High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2007." The report, released by the National Center for Education Statistics at the Institute of Education Sciences, builds upon a series of NCES reports on high school dropout and completion rates that began in 1988. It includes national and regional population estimates for the percentage of students who dropped out of high school between 2006 and 2007, the percentage of young people who were dropouts in 2007, and the percentage of young people who were not in high school and had some form of high school credential in 2007.
Annual data from 1972-2007 reveals trends by race, gender, income and other characteristics. It also includes state from national level estimates for public school students for the end of the 2005-06 school year showing estimates of how many beginning freshmen in the 2002-03 school year had graduated with their class in 2006, and how many students had dropped out between 2004-05 and 2005-06.
Other key findings include:
* Among reporting states, fourteen states had freshman graduation rates of 80 percent or higher, and 10 states had rates below 70 percent. Twenty-three states had higher AFGRs in 2005-06 compare with 2004-05, and 23 had lower rates.
* Students living in low-income families were approximately ten times more likely to drop out of high school between 2006 and 2007 than were students living in high-income families.
* One-year dropout rates have declined since 1972 among all racial/ethnic groups, although the decreases happened at different times over this 35-year period for these groups.
* About 3.3 million 16- through 24-year-olds were not enrolled in high school and had not earned a high school diploma or alternative credential, as of October 2007.
* The percentage of young White and Hispanic females who completed high school by earning a diploma or GED was higher than their male counterparts. Specifically, 94.6 percent of White females and 77.6 percent of Hispanic females had completed high school in 2007, compared with 92.4 percent of White males and 68.1 percent of Hispanic males. Overall, 89 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds nationwide have completed high school.
To view the full report please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009064
Posted by ronbo at 08:06 PM
From MAPSS: Need Study Subjects? Apply to Winter 09 REP!
The Research Experience Program (REP) is now accepting Winter 2009 applications. Applications are due Friday October 23rd 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 and click on the Researcher-Applicant link.
If you have any questions at all, please contact: research-exp-program@stanford.edu
Thanks!
Posted by ronbo at 07:19 PM
September 22, 2009
SAS Institute Technical Support: Hot Fixes for Additional SAS Products and Solutions
New Hot Fixes are available on the Technical Support Hot Fix Web site for:
SAS Merchandise Intelligence 3.2
Hot Fix: 32RO05
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/ro32.html
A comprehensive list of all Hot Fixes is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/hotfix.html
Posted by ronbo at 05:32 AM
From SAS Technical Support: New Hot Fixes for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3)
The latest SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) Hot Fixes are for:
BASE SAS
E9BC91 (z/OS, Windows, Windows for IPF (64bit), OpenVMS Alpha, HPUX,
Solaris (64bit), AIX, Tru64, Linux, HPUX for Itanium,
Linux for Itanium, Solaris for x64)
E9BD08 (z/OS, Windows, Windows for IPF (64bit), OpenVMS Alpha, HPUX,
Solaris (64bit), AIX, Tru64, Linux, HPUX for Itanium,
Linux for Itanium)
E9BD09 (z/OS, Windows, Windows for IPF (64bit), OpenVMS Alpha, HPUX,
Solaris (64bit), AIX, Tru64, Linux, HPUX for Itanium,
Linux for Itanium)
For more information, please review the SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) Hot Fix "What's New" page:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_SBCS_whats_new.html
If you are running SAS 9.1.3 with Asian Language Support (DBCS), please review the DBCS "What's New" page:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_DBCS_whats_new.html
A comprehensive list of all Hot Fixes is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/hotfix.html
Posted by ronbo at 05:27 AM
From SAS Institute Technical Support: New Hot Fixes for the SAS 9.2 Family of Products
A new Hot Fix is available on the Technical Support Hot Fix Web site for the SAS 9.2 family of products. The latest Hot Fix is for:
SAS Web Report Studio 4.2
A06002 (Windows, Windows for x64, 64-bit Enabled Solaris,
64-bit Enabled AIX, HP-UX IPF, Linux for x64,
Solaris for x64)
For more information, please review the SAS 9.2 Hot Fix "What's New" page:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/92_whats_new.html
The new hot fix download site for 9.2 Hot Fixes is now available. The organization of the site is based on the new Product-Specific Release Numbers for SAS 9.2. For more information on Product-Specific Release Numbers, please
see: http://support.sas.com/software/92/productnumbers.html
Please also review the "Important Changes to Hot Fixes" document relating to hot fixes for SAS 9.2 (TS2M0) and higher: http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/sas92_important.html
A comprehensive list of all Hot Fixes is available at:
http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/hotfix.html
Posted by ronbo at 05:24 AM
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2009-09-20
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
21400 Child Care Licensing Study, 2005
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR21400
24605 ABC News/Washington Post Poll, February 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24605
25661 CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, January 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25661
26121 SETUPS: Voting Behavior: The 2008 Election
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR26121
Updates
4700 National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2000: Extract Files
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04700
5017 Characteristics of Asian States, 1956-1968
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05017
5034 Shared Characteristics of Asian Dyads, 1969
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05034
5303 Conflict Management by International Organizations, 1945-1970
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05303
6145 Practice Patterns of Young Physicians, 1991: [United States]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06145
6182 ABC News/NHK Japan Poll, February 1993
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06182
22881 National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1996: Extract Files
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22881
22882 National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1997: Extract Files
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22882
22883 National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1998: Extract Files
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22883
22884 National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1999: Extract Files
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22884
24280 Treatment Episode Data Set -- Admissions (TEDS-A), 2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24280
25983 National Survey of Medical Decisions, 2006-2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25983
Posted by ronbo at 05:22 AM
From Census Product Update (9/18/2009): Hot Tip - Economic Indicators
If you wish to keep track of economic indicators, from the Census Bureau home page click "Economic Indicators." Next, to sort by indicator, click the drop down arrow in the upper left-hand corner, or click the "Economic Indicator Calendar" tab for a list of release dates by indicator. In addition, from the Economic Indicator home page, you can view current press releases for each indicator. The information also comes in various formats such as PDF, spreadsheet, text, or HTML format. There is even an option to keep up with Economic Indicator through RSS feeds.
Why not check out all this web page has to offer!
Posted by ronbo at 05:19 AM
September 18, 2009
From IES Newsflash: Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) Database for Research and Policy Discussion
Wednesday, November 11 - Friday, November 13, 2009, Washington, DC
The National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences will sponsor an advanced studies seminar November 11-13, 2009 in Washington, D.C. on the use of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) database. The ECLS-B is designed to support research on a wide range of topics pertaining to young children's cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development and their health status across multiple contexts (e.g., home, child care, and kindergarten).
This seminar is open to advanced graduate students and faculty members from colleges and universities nationwide and to researchers, education practitioners, and policy analysts from federal, state, and local education and human services agencies and professional associations.
There is no fee to attend this seminar. Training materials as well as computers for the hands-on practice will be provided. Transportation, hotel accommodations, and a fixed per diem for meals and incidental expenses during the training seminar will also be provided.
Deadline for applications: October 7, 2009
For more details on this seminar and to register, please visit: http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/?id=549&cid=2
Explore the ECLS website at http://nces.ed.gov/ecls/
Posted by ronbo at 02:38 PM
From Eurobarometer list: ALL Standard & Special Eurobarometer ONLINE
Dear list members,
we are pleased to announce that now ALL EUROBAROMETER - except the FLASH surveys - can be accessed ONLINE through the GESIS study catalogue ZACAT:
ZACAT provides access to the complete Standard & Special Eurobarometer Series (face-to-face instrument) divided into two different catalogues, complemented by a cumulative trend file:
Pre-Release Catalogue (NEW)
Recent Standard and Special Eurobarometer waves are made available in the pre-release catalogue without complete and systematic preparation of data and variable metadata as required for full ZACAT functionality. These surveys are fully documented and searchable on study level and pre-release analysis datasets can be downloaded after registration in different statistical software formats (SPSS, STATA, ...). Data (i.e. variables) for questions under embargo are dropped.
Archive Editions Catalogue
For the most part Standard and Special Eurobarometer surveys are available in the archive editions catalogue providing full and searchable variable documentation and ZACAT functionality, including data browsing and basic analysis. Completely processed archive dataset editions can be downloaded after
registration in different statistical software formats (SPSS, STATA, ...). All dataset in this catalogue have been completely released by the European Commission.
Eurobarometer Trend File
The Mannheim Eurobarometer Trend File 1970-2002 includes selected trends from three decades. The cumulative dataset can be downloaded after registration in different statistical software formats (SPSS, STATA, ...). On variable level ZACAT only displays data definition information. For full variable documentation see the PDF codebook plus appendix. The data browsing option is not available.
For more information please also see:
http://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer
The official special reports are available through the Commission's website:
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb_special_en.htm
If you would like to order the data via your home data archive:
http://www.gesis.org/dienstleistungen/daten/umfragedaten/eurobarometer-data-service/contacts/other-data-archives/
With kind regards
Meinhard Moschner
-- GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften Data Archive for the Social Sciences
Posted by ronbo at 02:30 PM
September 16, 2009
From ANES list: A new technical report on computing weights
A new report is now available documenting recommendations from an expert advisory committee (Douglas Rivers, Chair; Martin Frankel, Colm O'Muircheartaigh, Charles Franklin, and Andrew Gelman) on how the American National Election Studies (and other surveys) should compute weights for use in statistical analyses to assure that results accurately represent the population of interest. This memo therefore gives scholars instructions on how to compute weights if they wish to do so and describes the procedure that ANES will be using during the coming year to compute new weights for all of its past studies. The new weights will be posted as soon as possible in the Data Center on the ANES website.
The report can be found in the Reference Library section of the ANES website
ftp://ftp.electionstudies.org/ftp/nes/bibliography/documents/nes012427.pdf
Posted by ronbo at 02:11 PM
September 15, 2009
From IES Newsflash: NCES Releases Projections of Education Statistics to 2018
Postsecondary enrollment rose by 28 percent between 1993 and 2007, and is projected to increase a further 13 percent with an estimated 21 million students enrolled in colleges, universities and training programs by 2018, according to Projections of Education Statistics to 2018, released today by the National Center for Education Statistics. The Projections report -- the 37th in a series first published in 1964 -- provides national-level data on enrollment, teachers, high school graduates, and expenditures at the elementary and secondary school level. The report also provides data on enrollments in elementary and secondary schools and high school graduates for the 50 States and the District of Columbia. At the postsecondary level, it includes data on enrollment and earned degrees for the past 14 years and projections to the year 2018.
Other findings include:
- Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools rose 13 percent between 1993 and 2006 and is projected to increase an additional 9 percent between 2006 and 2018
- Between 2006 and 2018 private school enrollment is expected to decrease by 2 percent.
- The number of high school graduates increased by 27 percent between 1993-94 and 2005-06, and a further increase of 9 percent is projected by 2018-19.
- There are more African American and Hispanic students in college than ever before, and their numbers represent a larger share of overall college enrollment. The number of African American college students increased from 1.7 million in 2000 to a projected 2.4 million in 2018. The number of Hispanic college students also will increase, to a projected 2.1 million in 2018 from 1.5 million in 2000.
To view the full report please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009062
Posted by ronbo at 06:14 PM
September 14, 2009
From IPUMS list: Research positions and new IPUMS data
Dear IPUMS Users,
I am writing to pass on information about several job openings at the Minnesota Population Center, and to inform you of upcoming data release plans.
POSITION OPENINGS
The Minnesota Population Center is recruiting a post-doctoral researcher to work on IPUMS-CPS; the start date is flexible. We also have immediate openings for Research Associates/Research Scientists to work on IPUMS-USA and two other projects.
To obtain more information and download position announcements, please visit our website at http://www.pop.umn.edu/about-mpc/employment-opportunities/research-positions/
UPCOMING DATA RELEASES
The Census Bureau plans to release microdata from the 2008 American Community Survey (ACS) on September 22nd, 2009. We will produce an IPUMS version of this dataset within a week of its public release. The IPUMS version of the data will be available via the IPUMS-USA site at http://usa.ipums.org.
Finally, earlier today we released the IPUMS version of the 2009 March Current Population Survey, available on the IPUMS-CPS site at http://cps.ipums.org.
Please redistribute this message to any researchers who might be interested.
Sincerely,
Steve Ruggles
IPUMS Principal Investigator
Regents Professor
University of Minnesota
Posted by ronbo at 04:05 PM
Recent ICPSR updates and additions - New Releases through 2009-09-13
New Additions
4121 Detroit Area Study, 1999: Life and Death Decision Making
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04121
24607 ABC News/Washington Post Monthly Poll, May 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24607
24608 ABC News/Washington Post Poll, June 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR24608
25424 Monitoring of Federal Criminal Sentences, 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25424
25662 CBS News New Hampshire Primary Call-Back Poll, January 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25662
Updates
4485 National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2004: Extract Files
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04485
4676 National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2003: Extract Files
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04676
4692 National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2002: Extract Files
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04692
4693 National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2001: Extract Files
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04693
20303 National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2005: Extract Files
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20303
22880 National Incident-Based Reporting System, 1995: Extract Files
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22880
23541 National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2006: Extract Files
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR23541
25341 National Incident-Based Reporting System, 2007: Extract Files
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25341
25461 National Crime Victimization Survey, 2008 [Collection Year Record-Type Files]
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR25461
Posted by ronbo at 09:07 AM
September 10, 2009
From ANES List: ANES Announcement: Opportunity to Add Contextual and Other Auxiliary Variables
A New Opportunity to Add Contextual and Other Auxiliary Variables to the 2008 ANES Time Series and Panel Study Datasets
In recent study years, the ANES has released an auxiliary data file as part of the final release of its surveys. In 2002 and 2004, these files included candidate biographical data, information on past elections, campaign expenditures, House and Senate member records and ratings, and district and state descriptions. The ANES provides these data to scholars so they can integrate relevant contextual variables in their analyses.
This year, we are changing the way that the auxiliary data file is assembled. Hundreds of contextual variables could be included in the final release, and scholars differ in the types and numbers of such variables they would find useful. In the past, the ANES Pis and staff have made decisions about which variables to include. As a result, we may have included variables in the auxiliary file that were of little use to scholars while excluding variables of high analytic value. Moreover, the ANES has collected such data without the involvement of scholars who may possess high-quality data that they would be willing to share and that would be very helpful to many colleagues.
This year, we are decentralizing the process by which the auxiliary data file is developed. Instead of making decisions on our own about which contextual variables to include, weare asking the ANES user community to participate in this decision making process. And instead of collecting such variables on our own, we are making an open call for collaboration with anyone who has relevant data to share.
Hence, we are calling on members of the research community to make contributions to the 2008-2009 version of the ANES auxiliary data file through contributions to a dedicated forum on the ANES Online Commons www.electionstudies.org/onlinecommons.htm
The goal of the ANES Online Commons is to improve the quality and scientific value of each of our data collections, to encourage the submission of new ideas, and to make such experiences more beneficial to and enjoyable for individual investigators.
The new “auxiliary data” forum on the ANES Online Commons is open to anyone who would like to make suggestions regarding sources of contextual data that researchers may find useful. The proposals that are most likely to be successful will have the following characteristics:
• Thorough description of the information proposed for inclusion. The primary mandate of ANES is to explain vote choices and turnout, and this mandate can be advanced in many different ways with many different types of data.
• An explicit argument about why the proposed information merits inclusion.
• An explicit argument about the kinds and range of statistical analyses that the information would allow and the benefit of such analyses to science (and society). Clear presentations of modeling frameworks, power statistics, or analogous analytic concepts will make arguments more persuasive.
• An explicit argument about the conceptual and theoretical foundations of the variable(s).
• Evidence about the past demonstrated empirical value of such information. Such evidence will make a proposal much more persuasive.
• Evidence that the proposed way of ascertaining the information yields valid results.
• If the proposal advocates including information that ANES has included in previous auxiliary datasets, the proposal will be more persuasive if it includes explicit evidence about the breadth and depth of the information’s previous usage and impact in the scholarly literature. It is best not to assume that readers already know about prior uses of the variables.
Greater specificity about such attributes of a proposal can help Online Commons readers and ANES leadership effectively evaluate the likely benefits of including proposed information.
Proposals are limited to ten pages with font no smaller than 12 point, one-inch margins, and double spacing. Of course, scholars may submit multiple proposals.
Scholars who wish to alert people to detailed materials to support their arguments may do so in the text of their proposal. All such references must include a URL for a publicly-accessible website.
Any Internet user can view the Online Commons, but you can post a proposal on the “auxiliary data” forum only if you register for an Online Commons membership. Membership is free to any scholars and there are no strings attached. The sole purpose of the Online Commons is to provide a means for scholars to contribute to the development of ANES questionnaires. You can learn more about how to register here:
www.electionstudies.org/onlinecommons_reghelp.htm
In addition to proposing variables for the auxiliary dataset, we also encourage you to post comments about the other proposals that are made. Constructive comments of this kind can be very helpful to the ANES as it assembles the dataset.
All proposals for the 2008 edition of the Auxiliary dataset must be received by 3:00 Eastern/Noon pacific on Tuesday, December 1, 2009.
If you have any questions about the new “Auxiliary dataset” forum, or about the Online Commons, in general, please let us know via email to anes@electionstudies.org.
We hope to hear from you!
Sincerely,
Jon A. Krosnick and Arthur Lupia
Principal Investigators
American National Election Studies
Posted by ronbo at 07:24 PM
September 08, 2009
ICPSR Virtual Meeting - Registration is Open!
ICPSR is pleased to announce that registration for the 2009 ICPSR Meeting is open! The 2009 ICPSR Biennial Official Representatives Meeting invites participation from researchers, librarians, teaching faculty, students, and policymakers from around the world who are interested in the use of social sciences data!
The theme of the 2009 meeting is "Real Data in a Virtual World" -- appropriate for the content to be presented and its delivery! Starting on Monday, October 5 and running through Friday, October 9, ICPSR will deliver 20 sessions related to social science data and related content, tools, quantitative training/literacy, and still other resources associated with ICPSR and its partners. ICPSR staff will also host several live chats.
We encourage you to visit our meeting site - http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/or/ormeet/index.jsp - and begin registering for the webinar Sessions & Presentations. In addition, the first 200 attendees to register for the ICPSR virtual meeting (see the Registration page) will receive a Labtec headset and a packet of ICPSR promotional materials for your institution (limit one headset per person)!
This conference is FREE and open to everyone. We encourage you to share this information with your colleagues and friends in the data community!
We look forward to your participation!
Linda Detterman
Marketing & Membership Director
ICPSR
University of Michigan
734.615.5494
lindamd@umich.edu
Posted by ronbo at 07:04 PM
From IES Newsflash: NCES Releases Public School District Revenues and Expenditures Report
The National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences has released the report "Revenues and Expenditures by Public School Districts: School Year 2006-07 (Fiscal Year 2007)."
This brief publication contains data on revenues and expenditures per pupil made by school districts for school year 2006-07. Median per pupil revenue and expenditure data are reported by state, as well as values at the 5th and 95th percentiles. Data for charter schools are reported separately. There are also discussions on the different types of school districts, and other resources that may be helpful in analyzing school district level data. Revenues and expenditures for the 100 largest school districts are included, as well as federal revenues by program. For total revenues and expenditures for public education made by states and the nation, readers should refer to the state-level "Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2006-07" (NCES 2008-337)
To view the full report please visit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009338
Posted by ronbo at 03:08 PM
September 02, 2009
From IES Newsflash: 2009 NCES Cooperative System Fellows Program
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) would like to announce the NCES Cooperative System Fellows Program for Fall 2009. It is scheduled for October 26-30, 2009.
The NCES Cooperative System Fellows Program is a week-long training and technical assistance program delivered onsite at NCES for approximately 30 local/state/higher education/library participants each year. During the week, NCES Fellows attend a series of activities and presentations by NCES staff on some of the Center's major data collections, such as the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), the National Educational Longitudinal Study (NELS), and the Common Core of Data (CCD). Other staff report on dissemination practices, projects to automate local and state education data systems, and efforts to integrate existing data collections. Time is also set aside for Fellows to explore their own professional interests and objectives.
Participation in the NCES Cooperative System Fellows Program is open to state and local school district staff in elementary/secondary education, state personnel for postsecondary education, and staff from all types in libraries. There is no registration fee. NCES provides air travel and housing for Fellows, and reimburses meals and other expenses at the Federal per diem rate.
Information about the Fellows Program is e-mailed to state, higher education, and library agencies and institutions. Individuals may apply at http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/?id=184.
Applications are due on September 21, 2009 and letters of acceptance will be sent out during the week of September 28th, 2009. Please contact Renee' Rowland at renee.rowland@ed.gov if you have any questions.
Posted by ronbo at 02:42 PM