July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012 style='color:red'>
Table of Contents
- href="#intro">Introduction
- href="#data">Data
- href="#icpsr">ICPSR
- href="#roper">Roper
- href="#fi">Field
- href="#src">Student Research Conference
- href="#website">Web site
Founded in 1972, the Social Science Research and Instructional Council
(SSRIC) is the oldest of the affinity groups in the California State
University system. With representatives from each of the CSU campuses, the
Council is dedicated to assisting students and faculty in their learning,
teaching, and research by:
- Facilitating access to
social science data and computer-related instructional and research
materials - Promoting quantitative
social science research by students via the annual SSRIC student
research conference - Initiating and
conducting training programs - Recommending
computerized social science projects in the CSU curriculum - Providing a forum for
sharing information about social science data and computer products - Advising CSU
administrators on policies related to providing quantitative social
science data for research and instruction
The SSRIC is the CSU systems’ clearinghouse for social science data,
notably data from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social
Research (ICPSR), The Field Institute and the
Roper
Center
for Public Opinion Research. These data sources provide data to support
quantitative social science teaching, research and service by students, staff
and faculty, and well as sponsored programs and grant development by CSU
research centers.
All the functions described above are performed by faculty representatives
as a service. Dues requested of individual campuses primarily defray
data subscription costs.
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
is the largest social science data repository in the world. It is the primary
source of social science data for every research-oriented university and
nearly every other university and college in the
United States
. Data access is
online and interactive under the ICPSR Direct system. During academic
year 11-12, 11,243 datasets (685.4 gigabytes of data) were downloaded from
ICPSR by CSU students, faculty, and staff. These totals represent a
substantial increase in usage from 2006 thru 2009. There was a decrease in
number of data sets downloaded from 2010-11 to 2011-12 but a slight increase
in total gigabytes downloaded over this same time period. The following table summarizes utilization
by campus from 2006-07 through 2011-12.
Usage data always requires one important proviso. A single download may be
used in a class with many students, but only shows on the usage chart as a
single download. Additionally, a single faculty member may download a study
to be used for research by multiple faculty members.
|
Inter-university Consortium for |
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|
Campus |
Total Data Sets Downloaded |
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|
06-07 |
07-08 |
08-09 |
09-10 |
10-11 |
11-12 |
|
|
Bakersfield |
247 |
613 |
737 |
124 |
2,429 |
1221 |
|
Channel Islands |
212 |
61 |
129 |
122 |
11 |
55 |
|
Chico |
317 |
335 |
516 |
556 |
350 |
398 |
|
Dominguez Hills |
13 |
15 |
14 |
19 |
16 |
3 |
|
East |
298 |
289 |
512 |
460 |
231 |
92 |
|
Fresno |
182 |
436 |
99 |
69 |
248 |
187 |
|
Fullerton |
729 |
290 |
724 |
755 |
1,109 |
1342 |
|
Humboldt |
140 |
75 |
124 |
335 |
160 |
436 |
|
Long Beach |
870 |
942 |
927 |
1,736 |
664 |
482 |
|
Los Angeles |
286 |
534 |
346 |
1,335 |
441 |
448 |
|
Monterey |
975 |
38 |
5 |
16 |
81 |
142 |
|
Northridge |
147 |
1,114 |
2,955 |
6,490 |
1,597 |
2276 |
|
Pomona |
275 |
258 |
525 |
246 |
354 |
73 |
|
Sacramento |
451 |
621 |
653 |
1,170 |
891 |
1289 |
|
San Bernardino |
201 |
6 |
42 |
575 |
873 |
247 |
|
San Diego |
640 |
325 |
612 |
1,816 |
1,749 |
1012 |
|
San Francisco |
704 |
229 |
1,130 |
71 |
387 |
287 |
|
San Jose |
380 |
* |
* |
119 |
164 |
221 |
|
San Luis Obispo |
370 |
386 |
361 |
35 |
2 |
232 |
|
San Marcos |
70 |
103 |
187 |
350 |
302 |
542 |
|
Sonoma |
39 |
160 |
36 |
54 |
400 |
71 |
|
Stanislaus |
413 |
573 |
72 |
333 |
2,906 |
187 |
|
Total |
7,959 |
7,403 |
10,706 |
16,786 |
15,365 |
11243 |
|
*San Jose did not subscribe in AY 2007-08 and 2008-09 |
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|
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research |
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|
Campus |
Gigabytes Downloaded |
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|
06-07 |
07-08 |
08-09 |
09-10 |
10-11 |
11-12 |
|
|
Bakersfield |
8.3 |
30.4 |
3.4 |
6.4 |
62.6 |
18.6 |
|
Channel Islands |
13.2 |
0.8 |
13.3 |
28.2 |
0.4 |
81.0 |
|
Chico |
5.5 |
27.9 |
27.5 |
23.7 |
22.2 |
30.6 |
|
Dominguez Hills |
2.1 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
1.8 |
0.8 |
|
East |
21.5 |
7.6 |
14.4 |
28.7 |
3.6 |
5.5 |
|
Fresno |
13.1 |
5.4 |
1.4 |
4.8 |
9.0 |
18.7 |
|
Fullerton |
22.1 |
7.4 |
31.1 |
13.5 |
19.8 |
50.0 |
|
Humboldt |
5.1 |
1.2 |
3.2 |
18.2 |
4.2 |
7.5 |
|
Long Beach |
41.2 |
22.5 |
39.2 |
51.2 |
43.8 |
20.4 |
|
Los Angeles |
19.3 |
14.9 |
5.7 |
60.8 |
11.6 |
14.1 |
|
Monterey |
17.5 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
5.9 |
20.2 |
|
Northridge |
3.9 |
28.3 |
245.6 |
207.7 |
64.0 |
100.0 |
|
Pomona |
3.7 |
12.2 |
23.3 |
2.8 |
7.6 |
0.5 |
|
Sacramento |
14.6 |
29.9 |
27.7 |
94.2 |
73.7 |
107.1 |
|
San Bernardino |
13.5 |
1.2 |
0.6 |
20.0 |
29.9 |
15.6 |
|
San Diego |
16.7 |
17.7 |
19.1 |
57.9 |
36.7 |
82.5 |
|
San Francisco |
37.5 |
28.8 |
9.5 |
54.3 |
41.9 |
9.2 |
|
San Jose |
8.2 |
* |
* |
28.3 |
10.1 |
52.3 |
|
San Luis Obispo |
9.8 |
25.6 |
18.7 |
5.1 |
0.1 |
16.0 |
|
San Marcos |
1.6 |
3.4 |
21.2 |
54.0 |
28.9 |
26.6 |
|
Sonoma |
3.4 |
18.0 |
2.3 |
9.4 |
37.4 |
2.8 |
|
Stanislaus |
8.7 |
9.8 |
0.8 |
4.6 |
91.2 |
5.4 |
|
Total |
290.6 |
296.5 |
508.7 |
774.9 |
606.4 |
685.4 |
|
*San Jose did not subscribe in AY 2007-08 and 2008-09 |
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ICPSR maintains a series of topical archives that allow the user to
analyze data using the SDA which was written at UC Berkeley. SDA is an
online program that allows individuals to access particular studies that have
been set up for this program. The table below shows the number of times that
SDA data files in the ICPSR were accessed by CSU campuses. There was a sizable increase in SDA usage
in 2011-12.
|
Fiscal year |
Number of times accessed |
|
|
2006-07 |
1,369 |
|
|
1,310 |
|
|
2008-09 |
1,454 |
|
|
2009-10 |
1,501 |
|
|
2010-11 |
1,311 |
|
|
2011-12 |
2,611 |
ICPSR also offers an extensive summer program in quantitative
analysis. Our membership in ICPSR allows us to distribute a portion of
our membership fee to cover tuition for one participant in the summer
program. The following table summarizes the number of faculty and
students (primarily faculty) that were enrolled in the ICPSR’s summer program
from 2006 through 2012.
|
Summer |
Number of enrollees |
|
2006 |
7 |
|
2007 |
2 |
|
2008 |
7 |
|
2009 |
14 |
|
2010 |
9 |
|
2011 |
7 |
|
2012 |
9 |
Roper
Center
style='font-size:13.5pt'> for Public Opinion
The Roper Center provides public opinion data for the nation and the
world. Studies go back many decades providing the opportunity to do
longitudinal research. The CSU established a system wide membership in
the
Roper
Center in October,
2004. From October, 2004 through September, 2005 the CSU was
limited to 50 data sets per year and data had to be ordered through one point
of contact. Starting in October, 2005, CSU students, faculty, and staff
could download Roper data directly to their desktop through RoperExpress
(similar to ICPSR Direct). This resulted in a large increase in
utilization of Roper data.
The following table summarizes the number of data sets that were
downloaded from the Roper Center archive during 2006-07 through 2011-12 by
CSU students, faculty, and staff. In 2011-12, 519 datasets were downloaded
style='color:red'>. This represents a decrease from 2010-11 but is
very close to the number of data sets downloaded in 2009-10.
The Roper Center also offers iPOLL which is a
data base of survey questions which can be used for trend analysis and to
select data sets for downloading. This table also reports the number of
times that students, faculty, and staff used iPOLL. In 2011-12, iPOLL was accessed 3,724 times,
representing a substantial increase in usage from all previous years. The
following table summarizes utilization by campus from 2006-07 through 2011-12
style='color:red'>.
|
Roper Center for Public Opinion |
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|
Campus |
Data Sets Downloaded |
iPOLL |
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|
06- |
07- |
08- |
09- |
10-11 |
11-12 |
06- |
07- |
08- |
09- |
10-11 |
11-12 |
||
|
Bakersfield |
29 |
14 |
57 |
64 |
44 |
55 |
25 |
6 |
31 |
24 |
40 |
12 |
|
|
Channel Islands |
0 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
41 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
17 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
Chico |
15 |
0 |
36 |
3 |
21 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
74 |
4 |
13 |
145 |
|
|
Dominguez Hills |
2 |
21 |
444 |
362 |
483 |
361 |
65 |
57 |
427 |
443 |
342 |
662 |
|
|
East |
13 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
15 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
16 |
|
|
Fresno |
8 |
9 |
2 |
37 |
16 |
3 |
19 |
18 |
10 |
52 |
13 |
12 |
|
|
Fullerton |
40 |
13 |
53 |
11 |
30 |
7 |
41 |
21 |
59 |
22 |
21 |
35 |
|
|
Humboldt |
8 |
18 |
10 |
5 |
39 |
5 |
19 |
21 |
8 |
16 |
24 |
12 |
|
|
Long Beach |
21 |
64 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
37 |
22 |
17 |
4 |
355 |
|
|
Los Angeles |
9 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
29 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
259 |
|
|
Monterey |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Northridge |
4 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
14 |
38 |
8 |
28 |
5 |
11 |
8 |
808 |
|
|
Pomona |
3 |
3 |
9 |
12 |
12 |
0 |
6 |
40 |
23 |
23 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
Sacramento |
20 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
22 |
4 |
31 |
3 |
7 |
24 |
8 |
4 |
|
|
San Bernardino |
12 |
0 |
3 |
17 |
4 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
1 |
23 |
46 |
93 |
|
|
San Diego |
89 |
11 |
15 |
7 |
27 |
8 |
84 |
19 |
7 |
10 |
15 |
44 |
|
|
San Francisco |
6 |
40 |
4 |
6 |
66 |
0 |
4 |
51 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
|
|
San Jose |
5 |
* |
* |
0 |
3 |
12 |
53 |
* |
* |
9 |
9 |
469 |
|
|
San Luis Obispo |
17 |
0 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
30 |
434 |
|
|
San Marcos |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
95 |
|
|
Sonoma |
18 |
30 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
9 |
46 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
254 |
|
|
Stanislaus |
12 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
17 |
15 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
|
Unknown |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
42 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
27 |
0 |
|
|
Total |
332 |
248 |
662 |
531 |
872 |
519 |
505 |
399 |
716 |
720 |
625 |
3724 |
|
|
*San Jose did not subscribe in AY 2007-08 and 2008-09 |
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The CSU maintains a membership in the Field Institute which provides our
students, faculty, and staff access to both current and past Field polls. The
Field Institute is one of several state polls that provide current public opinion
data for the state on issues of interest to policy makers, researchers, and
students. In addition to access to these polls, our membership in The Field
Institute provides one faculty member with the opportunity to place 12
questions per year on a Field Poll.
The CSU contracts with UC Berkeley to provide access to the data sets we
receive from the Field Institute. The following table provides information on
the number of times that students, faculty, or staff accessed the Field
archive at
Berkeley.
The table below shows the number of times that a person logged onto the Field
archive to look for or download data for the 2005-06 through 2011-12 academic
years. During academic year 2011-12, 1,082 Field data sets were
accessed. This is almost identical to 2010-11 and represents an increase
compared to 2008-09 and 2009-10.
The Field Institute
Campus
05-06
06-07
07-08
08-09
09-10
10-11
11-12
Bakersfield
293
0
0
0
1
0
0
Channel Islands
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
Chico
401
1268
519
361
232
78
153
Dominguez Hills
317
0
0
0
0
1
0
East
Bay
4
32
0
18
18
0
1
Fresno
78
11
70
28
48
19
13
Fullerton
0
0
0
0
0
255
34
Humboldt
333
394
385
449
181
337
211
Long Beach
1
256
11
0
0
1
1
Los Angeles
9
273
150
0
0
0
9
Monterey
Bay
69
97
0
0
0
0
0
Northridge
0
23
0
0
1
1
0
Pomona
513
366
268
96
37
40
33
Sacramento
457
525
72
23
158
40
28
San Bernardino
1
78
1
0
37
3
2
San Diego
6
122
2
6
4
0
0
San Francisco
47
105
375
3
156
75
49
San Jose
0
0
*
*
0
65
500
San Luis Obispo
65
83
13
0
51
93
34
San Marcos
135
5
0
0
0
0
0
Sonoma
28
1
3
0
0
0
0
Stanislaus
0
70
207
0
0
0
14
Unknown campus
105
0
0
0
2
0
0
Total
2862
3709
2076
984
926
1010
1082
*San Jose did not subscribe in AY 2007-08 and 2008-09
Student Research Conference name=src>
The SSRIC sponsors an annual student research conference for both
undergraduates and graduates where students can present their research in a
supportive setting. For many students, this is their first opportunity to
present their research at a professional conference. The 2012 conference was
held in Los Angeles with 52 presentations from 9 participating campuses. The 2013 conference will be held in San
Francisco. The following table
summarizes student research conference activity for the years 2007-2012.
|
Student Research Conference |
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|
Year |
Host Campus |
Student Presentations |
Campuses Participating |
|
2007 |
Northridge |
36 |
13 |
|
2008 |
Long Beach |
47 |
8 |
|
2009 |
Sacramento |
43 |
12 |
|
2010 |
Pomona |
33 |
9 |
|
2011 |
San Jose |
14 |
4 |
|
2012 |
Los Angeles |
52 |
9 |
The SSRIC Web site is online at
href="http://www.ssric.org/node/www.ssric.org">www.ssric.org . The site
consolidates and expands information previously scattered on servers at the
Bakersfield,
Los Angeles,
and
Pomona
campuses. The new site makes it much easier to communicate information about
resources, events, and services provided to students, faculty, and staff
through the Council. The site offers among other things:
- Announcements of
upcoming events - A contact list of
Council representatives from each campus - Information for
research-oriented social science faculty throughout the CSU - Comprehensive
information about the annual SSRIC Student Research Conference - Instructions for downloading
ICPSR, Field, and Roper data - Information about the
Field Fellowship program - Information about the
ICPSR Summer Program - Curriculum materials
contained in the SSRIC Teaching Resources, including various modules and
exercises and an SPSS primer - Curriculum materials
contained in POWERMUTT, an online text for teaching research methods in
political science and cognate disciplines.
