Tools That Support Data Analysis

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Tools That Support Data Analysis

• Robbin Gonzalez
• David Thomas

October 6, 2009
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Can I get a copy of this Webinar or the slides?

• Yes! A recording of the Webinar and copy of the
  slides will be ready in about two days
• Locating them on our website
• All registered webinar attendees will receive an
  email with the link to the page for downloading
• Our webinar materials are found in the ICPSR
  Webinar Library under the Courses Learning
  Tools tab located on the ICPSR front page

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Variable-level Searching

• Social Science Variables Database (SSVD)
• Enables users to search for variables across
  datasets
• Assist in data discovery, comparison, downloading
  and analysis
• Useful in question mining for designing new
  research

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• http//www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/ssvd/ind
  ex.jsp

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Bibliography of data-related literature

• A searchable database that contains over 48,000
  citations of known published and unpublished
  works resulting from analyses of data held in the
  ICPSR archive.

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http//www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/citation
s/index.jsp
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Using Maps

• MDRC uses maps to search for data by geography
• http//www.icpsr.umich.edu/MDRC/geography.html
• Tiger/Line files uses maps to help find county
  level data
• http//www.icpsr.umich.edu/TIGER/index.html

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Using Maps

• SAMHDA is building Flashmaps to analyze the
  Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) and other
  datasets (not yet available)
• Color shading will indicate strength of chosen
  variable
• Rollover boxes will provide exact statistics
• Also will be able to compare two years to see
  strength and direction of change

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Quick Tables

• Quick Tables allow you to produce analytic tables
  by choosing from among pre-selected high-interest
  variables in drop-down menus.
• Charts can be copied into documents or PowerPoint
  slides.
• Output tables include cell percentages and
  confidence intervals (when selected) and
  weighted and unweighted Ns.

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http//www.icpsr.umich.edu/SAMHDA/using-data/quick
-tables.html
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Additional Analytic Tools

• Resource Center for Minority Data (RCMD) formerly
  known as Minority Data Resource Center (MDRC)
  created additional tools for data assessment.
• Sample Characteristics
• Subsetting
• Recode Syntax Generation

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Link to 20862 SDA Tools
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Subsetting Tool

• This tool allows analysts to interactively pull a
  demographic extract of the entire study. This is
  particularly useful for those conducting
  subpopulation analyses.
• Link to Subsetting Tool for LNS

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Sample Characteristics Tool

• This tool is designed to help analysts decide if
  the sample is adequate or appropriate for the
  analysis at hand. This is of particular interest
  for comparative analysis.
• Link to Sample Characteristics Tool for LNS

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Recode Syntax Generation Tool

• This tool is largely instructional. It allows
  for menu driven recoding that generates syntax
  instructions for the demographic variables in the
  study. This will help students learn how to
  conduct their own analyses without the aid of
  SDA.
• Link to Recode Syntax Generation Tool for LNS

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Quick Aside

• The RCMD site will launch in late October.
• New look
• Faceted searching like new ICPSR site
• Better site organization
• New SDA Tools?

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Help us help you

• What additional online analysis tools would you
  like to see?
• What would help you better use ICPSR data?

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Thank you for attending!

• Slides and a video recording of the webinar will
  be available within 24 hours.
• Go to the OR site to find them.
• http//www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/or/ormee
  t/program/index.jsp