empirical, evidence-based research statistical analysis of survey and microdata, eg: official data...
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Quantitative data sources
Quantitative research
Empirical, evidence-based research
Statistical analysis of survey and microdata, eg: Official data Health surveys Election studies
Secondary analysis Use of existing data to test new ideas Verification of existing research sysuse nlsw88
Example
Attitudes to migration
Run your own detailed survey (primary research) European Social Survey c. 1,200 respondents c. €300,000
Use pre-existing survey (secondary analysis) ESS Round 1 (http://ess.nsd.uib.no/) Data (available in Stata format) Bibliography of research using the data
Advantages
Efficient use of resources
Ready availability of high-quality data, adhering to professional standards
Data collected for one purpose can, within reason, be reanalysed across a range of other subject areas
Ability to study trends over time
Limitations
Data not always available
Danger of mismatch between primary and secondary uses of data
Availability of documentation
Danger of errors slipping in unnoticed during data collection and processing
Availability of data
Data archives ISSDA: http://www.ucd.ie/issda ICPSR:
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/ CESSDA: http://www.cessda.org
Data producers CSO (2011 Census):
http://www.cso.ie WHO: http://www.who.int/en/
Data project websites ESS:
http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org
SHARE: http://www.share-project.org/
ISSDA
Irish Social Science Data Archive Founded in 2000 as a joint initiative of UCD and
the ESRI, with the support of the CSO Based at Geary Institute until July 2012 Now part of the UCD Library Makes quantitative data available to academic
and non-profit research sectors Aim: To facilitate secondary analysis of key
quantitative datasets
How it works
DATA SUPPLIERS (CSO, ESRI, etc)
DATA USERS (Students, Researchers, Policymakers … )
ISSDA
Target audience
Initial target: Academic researchers and third level
students in social sciences in Ireland
Actually: Researchers working on academic, non-profit,
and consultancy projects Students:
Some secondary school requests At all undergraduate and postgraduate
levels Government departments/agencies
Across a wide range of subject disciplines Social sciences, business/commerce,
psychology, public health, engineering, agriculture, etc.
International demand for Irish data – UK, USA, other EU countries
Irish Datasets
Official statistics data: Census Quarterly National Household
Survey/Labour Force Survey EU-SILC Household Budget Survey
Data from major government funded research projects: Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) Survey on Lifestyle And Nutrition
(SLAN) The Irish Longitudinal Study on
Aging (TILDA) Adapting to Diversity Living In Ireland
Irish social science and public health research projects: Irish Social and Political Attitudes
Survey Irish Survey of Contraception and
Crisis Pregnancy All Ireland Traveller Health Study HRB National Psychological
Wellbeing and Distress Survey, 2006
Commission for Energy regulation Smart Metering Project data
http://www.issda.ie [email protected] Twitter: @issda
Comparative Datasets
Eurobarometer http://www.gesis.org/en/eurobaro
meter/
http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/
ISSP http://www.issp.org http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/
European Values Survey http://www.europeanvaluesstudy.e
u/ http://zacat.gesis.org/
European Social Survey http://www.europeansocialsurvey.o
rg http://nesstar.ess.nsd.uib.no/webvi
ew/
CESSDA member catalogues http://www.cessda.org
ICPSR – http://www.icpsr.umich.edu
ICPSR
Accessing data
ISSDA Large scale datasets currently shipped on CD-ROM Some data available online via Nesstar http://nesstar.ucd.ie/webview– requires
password Documentation available in Acrobat format via the web http://www.issda.ie
ICPSR go to http://www.icpsr.umich.edu from a campus PC to set up an account and
download data
ESS Go to http://nesstar.ess.nsd.uib.no/webview/ - requires registration
EB/EVS/ISSP Go to http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/ - requires registration
Selection of MA projects (i)
Charitable giving/ volunteering in Ireland
Child poverty in Ireland
Social structures vs. individual attitudes and how they affect labour market outcomes of Irish women
Analysis of the status and situation of the Irish Language
Dietary Habits, Physical Activity Participation levels and body mass index measurements among leaving cert students.
Selection of MA projects (ii)
Carbon tax policies as a method of reducing energy usage for Transport
Analysing differentials of immigrants in Ireland and across other EU countries
Effects of declining enrolment on secondary schools
Ethnicity and early school leaving
PhD requests (i)
Profile of mental health and well being in young people
‘Middling’ migration in a globalising city: a study of Polish migrants in Dublin
Analysis on the well-being of children and the factors affecting well-being at school
Language change in Co. Donegal
PhD requests(ii)
An analysis of the evolution of the black economy in Ireland over the last 20 years, using consumer demands approaches
Examination of income equalities in the utilisation of preventive screening services under the broad umbrella of preventive health behaviour
Higher education participation in the Republic of Ireland
Analysis of low-income households