Did you know that you can browse the ICPSR catalog by data that is available for use with the DAS (Data Analysis System)? Now you do. The online data analysis system uses Berkeley’s SDA (Survey Documentation and Analysis) system, familiar to many who used SDA with the General Social Survey.
Milo Schield is a professor in the department of business administration at Augsburg College in Minneapolis and is director of the W.M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project. His Statistical Literacy page is full of links to publications and conference talks on the subject.
Heard some statistics in the news that cause you to raise an eyebrow? Go to the STATS website from George Mason University where staff evaluate statistics cited in recent headlines. Be sure to visit the annual Dubious Data Awards. This non-profit is associated with The Center for Media and Public Affairs.
The Social Science Data Analysis Network – SSDAN – is “a university-based organization that creates demographic media, such as user guides, web sites, and hands-on classroom computer materials that make U.S. census data accessible to policymakers, educators, the media, and informed citizens. SSDAN is directed by demographer William H. Frey and utilizes facilities at the…