ICPSR in EducationFrédérique Laubépin

Bringing Data Into the Classroom• Easy-to-use features of ICPSR’s Website in classes

– Social Science Variables Database (SSVD)– Bibliography of Data-Related Literature– SDA/xmlsda– Crosstab Assignment Builder

• Additionally, in partnership with teaching faculty, ICPSR has developed:– Short Exercises – the DDLGs– Online teaching modules– TeachingwithData.org– Other resources for students and instructors

Social Science Variables Database• Not just for researchers looking for data!• Can be used as a teaching tool, too

SDA/sdaxml• SDA: Survey Documentation and Analysis• Developed at UC-Berkeley• “Online data analysis" refers to the ability to perform statistical

analysis using special Web-based software as an alternative to downloading data into a stand-alone statistical package on your computer.

• Advantages:SDA is free – no site license requiredOnly requires a computer with an internet connectionEasy to learn – you can teach your students how to use it

in 30 minutes or less.

Crosstab assignment builder

Online Modules

Data-Driven Learning Guides• DDLGs are standardized, “classroom-ready,” self-

contained teaching modules• ICPSR now offers 52 DDLGs covering a broad

range of social science topics.• DDLGs are created with 2 goals in mind:

1. To teach students about a specific course-related concept (e.g., social mobility) using real-world data

2. To teach quantitative literacy and build quantitative reasoning abilities.

DDLGs (cont.)

• DDLGs use SDA• DDLGs all follow

the same structure

Online Teaching Modules

• Exploring Data Through Research Literature• Investigating Community and Social Capital• SETUPS

TeachingwithData.org

• TwD is a portal where faculty can find resources and ideas to reduce the challenges of bringing real data into post-secondary classes.

• Readily available, user-friendly, data-driven teaching materials.

• “Data in the News”

Other Resources for Students and Instructors• Online tutorials,

instructional videos

• External resources• Resources for

students

Opportunities for Students

• ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods

• Research Paper Competitions• Summer Undergraduate Internship Program

ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods

• Instruction on the tools and practices needed to analyze data• For those with math phobia and those with advanced analysis

skills• 3-5 day workshops and 4-8 week courses• Primarily held in Ann Arbor, MI, on the campus of The University of Michigan, but some courses on other campuses also• http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/

Research Paper Competitions

• A research journal experience & cash prizes!

• 5 competitions, open to undergraduates and Master’s level students:• RCMD Research Paper Competition• IFSS Research Paper Competition• ICPSR Research Paper Competition• NAHDAP Research Paper Competition• NEW in 2014! Data Curation Research Paper

Competition

Summer Undergraduate Internship Program• Paid internship• Introduces students to multiple

aspects of social science research;• Includes:

supported exploration of a research query from start to finish;

"hands on" data management; focused methodological training

in quantitative research.