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xSub: Cross-National Data of Sub-National Violence

xSub is a repository of micro-level, subnational event data on armed conflict and contention around the world. Our goal is to preserve and consolidate multiple open-source data collections in one comprehensive electronic archive, creating a “database of databases” for purposes of research, education, policy-making and evaluation. The archive currently includes data on armed conflict and contention… Continue reading xSub: Cross-National Data of Sub-National Violence

Arab Barometer

The Arab Barometer was established in 2005 by the Institute for Social Research of the University of Michigan in close collaboration with institutions and scholars in the Arab world. The project is a multi-country survey project that provides data for theory-driven scholarly inquiry and for dissemination and outreach activities that are useful for political development.… Continue reading Arab Barometer

New Approaches to Analyzing Social Media Content for Enhancing Census Bureau Data

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There has been substantial interest in whether and how analyses of social media data can add value to social research and the production of official statistics. Some researchers hope that survey findings can be augmented with social media content, while others hope that costs might be reduced and timeliness improved by replacing at least some… Continue reading New Approaches to Analyzing Social Media Content for Enhancing Census Bureau Data

Network for Advancing Methodological Research in Longitudinal Studies of Aging

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Longitudinal studies of the population near, through and after the retirement stage, such as the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), play an important role in aging research because they provide data from a life course perspective, allowing researchers to make population-level causal inference. Because such data collection is a social interaction between researchers and the… Continue reading Network for Advancing Methodological Research in Longitudinal Studies of Aging

Enhancing Synthetic Data Techniques for Practical Applications

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The goal of the project is to enhance synthetic data techniques for practical applications. Specifically, the aims will develop novel methods to improve disclosure risk assessment, quality check verification, and population generalizability in the adjustment of complex survey design and weights. Yajuan Si will offer expertise on Bayesian and survey statistics and experiences in survey… Continue reading Enhancing Synthetic Data Techniques for Practical Applications

College and Beyond II

College and Beyond II (CBII) is a data resource for studying the impact and outcomes of higher education. It contains student record and transcript data on bachelor’s-seeking undergraduates enrolled from 2000-2021 at 19 public colleges across seven university systems. In total, CBII contains data on over 1 million students studying a wide range of majors,… Continue reading College and Beyond II

Social, Behavioral, & Economic COVID Coordinating Center

The COVID-19 pandemic presents research challenges for measuring governmental, community, and population responses to a public health crisis. To date, the actions to mitigate disease transmission have been economic, social, and behavioral, as well as medical. These interventions have untold consequences on a wide range of aspects of human and environmental well-being, which we are… Continue reading Social, Behavioral, & Economic COVID Coordinating Center

Research Data Ecosystem

The Research Data Ecosystem will make research data accessible to broaden participation in the frontiers of scientific research. It will accomplish this goal by modernizing the existing software platform so that it supports the entire research lifecycle with an enhanced user experience to increase the ability of researchers to safely and securely access, connect, store,… Continue reading Research Data Ecosystem

New Methods to Support Census Bureau Record Linkage

This project is undertaking research that will improve Census capabilities for entity resolution and record linkage. We have brought together world-class researchers from multiple disciplinary backgrounds, including statistics, survey methodology, economics, history, computer science, and demography. Through this work, we will: build on ongoing projects linking Census data products to themselves, to external surveys, and… Continue reading New Methods to Support Census Bureau Record Linkage