The University Library is holding its annual booksale this week - come check out what's for sale and support your library!
Date: Thursday October 30 and Friday 31, doors open at 9 a.m.
Location: Marshall Gallery, East Foyer of Main Library, 1408 West Gregory Drive
Description: Come join us for the University Library's Annual Book Sale. Materials will include books in a multitude of subject areas, audiovisual materials, prints, and much more. All proceeds will support the Library's collections.
Health, Economic, Social & Political Data for Secondary Analysis
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is the world's largest archive of digital social science data. Learn to search ICPSR's catalog of holdings, download data, and read it into a statistics program (SPSS) to make tables. Our examples will focus on topics suggested by the audience. Some prior experience with SPSS may be helpful, but is not necessary. Jointly sponsored by the University Library ATLAS.
Location: Foreign Languages Building, Room G8A
4 out of 5 Professors Agree: Citing Polls in Your Papers Will Earn You a Better Grade
Would you like to enhance your research papers with data from public opinion polls? Learn to use the fabulous Roper iPOLL database which contains nearly half a million public opinion survey questions dating from 1935 to 2008. We will focus on examples using election year topics. No knowledge of statistics or statistical programming is required. Jointly sponsored by the University Library and ATLAS.
Rock the Data, Rock the Vote: Finding and Using National Election Survey Data
The American National Election Studies (ANES) are a series of national surveys of the American electorate taken in every election year since 1948. This workshop will show you how to create your own tables from the 1948-2004 ANES cumulative file using an online web-based tool. No knowledge of statistics or statistical programming is required. Jointly sponsored by the University Library and ATLAS.