Quick Guide to ICPSR Data

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Quick Guide to ICPSR Data

• This Guide will demonstrate the following
• Browsing the ICPSR Data Archives to see what
  types of data sets are available
• Using the data that is accessible through the
  Data Online Analysis System (DAS)
• Using the limited amount of data available in
  Quick Table format

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Browsing the ICPSR Archives
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Browsing the ICPSR Archives

• Start from the Eisenhower Librarys main page
  http//library.jhu.edu

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Browsing the ICPSR Data Archives

• Next Steps
• Choose Gov. Pubs
• Then Statistical Resources
  
  ICPSR
• Go Directly to ICPSR archives

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From the ICPSR Main Page
Choose Data Access From the next page scroll
down to choose Browse database by Subject
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Browsing is one way to see the data
Choose Browse data by Subject Next - Choose
ICPSR Thematic Categories
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Click Your Category of Interest
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If you find an interesting dataset -

• Any dataset can be downloaded right to your
  workstation.
• Read the description and look at the codebook
• Generally, these are raw datasets and must be
  brought into your statistical package of choice.

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ICPSR Online Data Analysis

• An Example
• Using The Data Set
• Health Behavior in School Age Children

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Question to ask of the data

• What of kids who miss a lot of school think of
  themselves as healthy or unhealthy?

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From the ICPSR Main Page
Choose Data Access
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Choose Online Analysis Using DAS
Then choose to See the 150 studies Available in
this format
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Browse the pages or search within these results
for a specific set
Lets Search within these results for our data
set with the words school age in the title
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Effective if You Know Something About The Set You
Are Seeking
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Choose Study 3154 and Online Analysis
Follow the next Link to use DAS to extract data
online
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Browse the Codebook in an Extra Codebook Window
You are now using DAS Data Analysis System
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Look at the Group Headings
Using the codebook to find the variables we need
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Choose Exercise and Eating Habits
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Note Q11
Click on Q11 to See the frequency in the Data
set
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Need Our Next Variable

• Choose Group Headings
• Choose Feelings toward school

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Select Q95
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Close the Codebook and Run the Cross tabulation
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Set up the table Rows Columns

• Indicate which variables for
• rows and columns
• Play with the options but
• dont suppress table

Run the table
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Results
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ICPSR Quick Tables

• Using Treatment Episode Data Set

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One Data set featuring Quick Tables

• The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data
  Archive (SAMHDA) at ICPSR has recently
  implemented a new capability for facilitating
  exploratory data analysis. The Quick Tables
  service is now available for the data collections
  in the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) series.

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Question to ask of the data

• In Maryland, which substance is more highly
  abused by women?

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From the Main ICPSR Page

• Choose Special Topics Archives
• On next page choose SAMDHA

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From SAMHDA Main Page Choose Online Analysis
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Scroll Down to Quick Tables
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Choose 1992-2001 Concatenated
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Here are the Quick Tables available for this set
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Select Primary Substance Abuse by Gender In
Maryland
Select your options Create the table
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Results
The answer
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Questions?
Contact Sharon Morris Librarian III/Data
Coordinator smorris_at_jhu.edu 410-516-8360