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Data Services
at Carleton UniversityJane Fry
MacOdrum Library
October 28, 2019
Outline
▪ What do we offer?
▪ How to access the data?
▪ How else can we help you?
▪ Resources
▪ Data Visualization
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Where are we? Where are we?
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What do we offer?
▪ Main services| Access to data
• different data sources and portals
• different types of data
| Research Data Management
• Data management plans
| Stats Consulting
• SPSS, Stata, SAS, R
▪ One restriction for data use| Can ONLY be used for academic research or teaching
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Canadian data sources
▪ Statistics Canada| Data Liberation Initiative
| Includes
• All Statistics Canada’s public use data files, databases and
geographic files
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How do you access the data?
▪ Different data portals| Search for questions or variables across datasets
| Perform online analyses
| Create tables, graphs and charts
| Download data in SPSS, SAS, Stata, …
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Canadian data portals
▪ ODESI| Data portal for social science data for Ontario Universities
| Data from StatCan, public opinion polls, …
| Microdata and aggregate data
| http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/data
▪ Statistics Canada| Public use microdata files (E/F)
| Microdata only
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ODESI (cont’d)
How to Use ODESIUsing the <odesi> data repository (Short videos)
▪ <odesi>: Navigating the <odesi> Repository
▪ <odesi>: Searching for Variables
▪ <odesi>: Finding, Subsetting and Downloading a Survey
▪ <odesi>: Creating a Cross Tabulation
▪ <odesi>: Downloading a Full Dataset
<odesi> help guides
▪ Finding, Subsetting and Downloading a Survey in <odesi> (.pdf)
▪ Searching for variables (.pdf)
9Source: https://library.carleton.ca/help/odesi-how-to-use-odesi
ODESI (cont’d)
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Public Opinion Polls
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International (cont’d)
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Statistics Canada
14Source: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/subjects/
15Source:
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/subjects/information_and_communications_technology
16Source:
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/subjects/information_and_communications_technology
StatCan Data Tables Help Guides
▪ StatCan: Finding Data (.pdf)
▪ StatCan: Key Indicators (.pdf)
▪ StatCan: Infographics (.pdf)
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Source: https://library.carleton.ca/help/statistics-canada-help
Data Citation
▪ Very important| All data should be cited
| Why should I cite data? (short video)
▪ How to cite StatCan products| http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/12-591-x/12-591-x2009001-eng.htm
▪ https://library.carleton.ca/help/citing-data-and-statistics
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Who else can help?
▪ Research Help in the Library
https://library.carleton.ca/services/research-help
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What else can we do to help you?
▪ Consultation
| on the use of data
| Research data management (RDM)
• RDM Plans
▪ Provide general tips and help on using data
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Exercise Time!
▪ Downloading data in ODESI
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Tips
▪ Things to remember about surveys| Sponsorship
| Who collected the data
| Does the author use anecdotal evidence when data is
available
| Can you access the data to replicate the study
▪ Think!
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Example: Reproducibility
▪ Political Persuasion and Attitude
Change Study: The Los Angeles
Longitudinal Field Experiments, 2013-
2014
▪ Principal Investigator(s):| Michael J. LaCour
Source: https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/100037/version/V8/view23
Another Example
▪ “New Study Links Vaccines To Autism.
There's Just One Tiny Problem With It”
▪ “… one of its own co-authors claimed
that figures in the paper were
deliberately altered before
publication. The data had been tampered
with. …”
Source: http://bit.ly/2zSwAxo 26
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▪ “Researchers from the University of British Columbia
are retracting their scientific paper linking aluminum in
vaccines to autism in mice, because one of the co-
authors claims figures published in the study were
deliberately altered before publication — an issue he
says he realized after allegations of data manipulation
surfaced online.”
▪ “…original data cited in the study is inaccessible, which
would be a contravention of the university's policy
around scientific research. ”
▪ “…the original data is in China, with an analyst who
worked on the paper.”
(October 16, 2017)
Source: https://bit.ly/2kSjMRJ 28
Another example ….
▪ CBC, Sept 3, 2019
▪ “MMIWG final report quietly altered after
CBC inquired about errors”
▪ “Report contained errors that were fixed
online, but allowed to remain on the official
record”
▪ “…the commission left out a word that had
appeared in the original Statistics Canada
figure.”
Source: https://bit.ly/2luynUe29
▪ "Indigenous women and girls now make up
almost 25 per cent of homicide victims"
should have referred to their percentage
share of female homicide victims …”
▪ “In some cases, the inquiry report's
footnotes cite government reports that do
not support the footnoted statements.”
Source: https://bit.ly/2luynUe
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More Thinking!
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32Source: http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
33Source: http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
34Source: Fox News (December 12, 2011)
http://flowingdata.com/category/statistics/mistaken-data/
35Source: Winnipeg Sun (2013)
http://flowingdata.com/category/statistics/mistaken-data/
37Source: Fox News (2009)
http://flowingdata.com/category/statistics/mistaken-data/
38Source: https://viz.wtf/post/185365817130/389-total-in-this-pie-chart-digi-capital-is
43Source: https://twitter.com/DavidKenner/status/497301669676187648
Subject Guide
Source: https://library.carleton.ca/research/subject-guides/data-visualization-detailed-guide 49
In sum ….
▪ We have seen| Where to get help with Data
| What data services are offered
| Different data sources and how to access them
| What other services are offered
| Different resources
| Data visualization
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Contact Information
Jane Fry
Data Services Librarian
Rm 122
MacOdrum Library
613.520.2600 x1121
http://www.library.carleton.ca/find/data
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