[ICPSR] ICPSR DataBytes: Summer 2012

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ICPSR DataBytes: Summer



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ICPSR's Summer Byte
ICPSR Looks a Little Different
Looking for Election Data? How about an Orientation to ICPSR? Check out our  
2012 Data Fair!
Webinars are Coming - Get Your Invitations Directly!
Welcome Back Students - It's Time to Start Planning for 2013!
New Data Tool Alert: "Compare Variables" Tool
ICPSR Member Factoids!

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ICPSR's Summer Byte

It has been a hot summer in Ann Arbor and in the halls of ICPSR! With over  
20 days exceeding 90 degrees and with the energy of launching a refreshed  
Web site, ICPSR is excited to take a refreshing moment to share archive  
updates in the summer edition of DataBytes.


ICPSR Looks a Little Different

ICPSR has returned from summer vacation with a new look. With a better  
searching apparatus, still more metadata, and a variables comparison tool,  
the site is reinvigorated and ready to take on the new academic term.  
Explore the details of our site redesign or better yet, go out and  
experience the refreshed www.icpsr.umich.edu for yourself!


Looking for Election Data? How about an Orientation to ICPSR? Check out our  
2012 Data Fair!

You're invited to participate in the ICPSR 2012 Data Fair, "Analyzing  
Election Data with ICPSR"! Scheduled for October 1-3, the series of  
webcasts will focus on election data held in ICPSR's archives, and how to  
use them for analysis and teaching. Day one of the data fair will provide  
an orientation to ICPSR data, data evaluation tools, and teaching  
resources, while day two and three will focus on all things election.  
Registration is open and can be found by visiting the ICPSR 2012 Data Fair  
Web site.


Webinars are Coming - Get Your Invitations Directly!

ICPSR has over two dozen webinars in the works for broadcast from September  
2012 through May 2013. Content for these broadcasts will cover everything  
from introductions to ICPSR and its special collections and specific  
datasets, to bringing data into the classroom, to increasing your  
effectiveness in finding and evaluation data for use, to issues of data  
management, data deposit, and disclosure risk. The series launches with a  
webinar titled: "Introduction to The National Archive of Computerized Data  
on Aging (NACDA)" on September 18, 2012. To receive invitations to future  
ICPSR webinars directly, join ICPSR's email list.

Welcome Back Students - It's Time to Start Planning for 2013!

ICPSR invites submissions for our ICPSR 2013 Research Paper Competition  
from undergraduates and master's students at member institutions. We are  
holding three competitions - with three first place cash prizes of $1,000  
each! And there is more: The ICPSR summer internship program provides  
undergraduate students with a unique and expansive research experience that  
introduces all aspects of social science research via a paid internship on  
the campus of The University of Michigan. See recent ICPSR interns exhibit  
their research on ICPSR's YouTube Channel.

New Data Tool Alert: "Compare Variables" Tool

The Social Science Variables Database (SSVD) enables ICPSR users to examine  
and compare variables and questions across studies or series. The  
new "Compare Variables" tool enables analysts to compare response codes,  
frequencies, and question text (when available). Students can also  
visualize the evolution of variables, for example, by looking at the  
differences in response codes of a question on marital status asked in 2008  
compared to one asked from 1974-1976.


ICPSR Member Factoids!

Ever wonder what makes up the consortium? Below are a few factoids on the  
ICPSR membership and some results from the 2012 ICPSR Membership Survey.


ICPSR currently has 715 members
US academic member institutions are represented in every US state except  
West Virginia and Hawaii
394 US universities and colleges are members of ICPSR (55% of total members)
Canada maintains 35 universities within the consortium
Non-North American institutions total 260 members
ICPSR manages a total of 46 federations/national memberships

397 institutions are members through those federations/national memberships
228 of the 260 non-north American institutions are affiliated through a  
national membership

The predominant work department of ICPSR Official Representatives (ORs) is  
the library (46%)
On a 10-point scale (10=completely satisfied), ORs award ICPSR with an 8.4  
for overall satisfaction and ICPSR staff responsiveness tops the chart at  
8.9!


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