Welcome! Some logistics…

• Ehrlicher Room and North Quad details• Schedule each day and across week• Wireless access• Binder and electronic docs• Summer Program laptops• Shuttle

Data

Data

http://einstein.library.emory.edu/icpsr_to_SPSS_ASCII.shtml

Documentation

http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR31521.v1

• Established 1962• Originally 21

Members• Data on Cards, then

Tape• Originally Political

Science, now all social sciences

• Spurred by 1960s-70s technology, research, policy

ICPSR Overview

The Archive• Over 8,000 data collections & 500,000+

files• 9 Terabytes, soon to be 40+ Terabytes• Grows by 300-400 collections a year• Search out the data researchers want• Topical Archives = Special Collections• Bibliography of 60,000+ citations using

ICPSR Data, many full-text

http://janda.org/politxts/Presidential%20debates/debates.html

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/05/03/social-networks-after-emergency-who-did-you-text-after-boston-marathon-bombings/vAmbuYW87NgtCah2fJmzaL/story.html?camp=newsletter

http://www.flickr.com/photos/intersectionconsulting/7537238368/in/photostream/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/grrlscientist/2012/mar/29/1

http://blog.lisapredko.com/2012/06/19/chicago-lawyer-march-2012-marie-wade-at-solo-cup/

ICPSR Case Study Dataset

http://asr.sagepub.com/content/77/4/523.full.pdf+html

http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR30103.v5

A well-prepared data collection “contains information intended to be complete and self-explanatory” for future users.

A corollary: Do no harm.

Looking Ahead

• New kinds of data• New ways to think about data

and analysis• New avenues for collaboration• New technologies for data

curation, preservation, sharing

Onnella in PNAS May 2007