An Applied Approach toData Curation Trainingat ICPSR

Jared Lyle6 May 2013

About ICPSR• Established in 1962 to share the American National

Election Studies – Partnership of 21 universities

• Today: More than 700 members – ~400 U.S. institutions– 46 national memberships

• 8,000 data collections• Data available 24/7 for download and online analysis

What we do• Acquire and archive social science data• Distribute data to researchers• Preserve data for future generations• Provide training in quantitative methods

Mission: ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.

ICPSR has unique capabilities

• Curated data with rich metadata• Bibliography and citation• Digital preservation• Confidential data• Training• Community

Data Curation Workshop

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carowallis1/2314716161/

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

Data

http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/sscc/pubs/stata_students1.htm

Data

Documentation

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

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/files/ICPSR/access/dataprep.pdf

Data Curation Working Group

Thank you!

lyle@umich.edu