2011-2012 Annual Usage and Service Report

July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012

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Table of Contents

  1. href="#intro">Introduction
  2. href="#data">Data
  3. href="#icpsr">ICPSR
  4. href="#roper">Roper
  5. href="#fi">Field
  6. href="#src">Student Research Conference
  7. href="#website">Web site

Introduction

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

Data

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

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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.

ICPSR

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

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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
Political and Social Research

Campus

Total Data Sets Downloaded

 

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

Bay

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

Bay

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

 

 

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Campus

Gigabytes Downloaded

 

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

Bay

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

Bay

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

 

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

2007-08 

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
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Center
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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
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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

Campus

Data Sets Downloaded

iPOLL

Accesses

 

06-

07

07-

08

08-

09

09-

10

10-11

11-12

06-

07

07-

08

08-

09

09-

10

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

Bay

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

Bay

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

The Field Institute

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.

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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

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

Website name=website>

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
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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.