Resources

Resources for Data Analysis

• Graphing Predicted Values (.xls)
• Predicted Probabilities in Logit (.xls)
• Guide to Reading Regressions (.pdf)
• Probability Handout (.pdf)
• SPSS Handout (.pdf)

Resources for Research Paper and Presentation

• Ruhlman Abstracts 2007
• Ruhlman Abstracts 2006
• Analysis of Sample Argument (.pdf)
• Writing Tips (.pdf)
• Betty Febo's webpage on data/research resources at Wellesley

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SPSS Tips

• SPSS Basics: ITS-University of Texas at Austin
• Basic Statistics: ITS-University of Texas at Austin
• Graphs: ITS-University of Texas at Austin
• Merging Files, Syntax Files, etc.: ITS-University of Texas at Austin
• Lots of different Topics: ATS-University of California at Los Angeles

Useful Simulations to Help Illustrate Statistical Concepts

• Sampling Distributions: Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
• Correlations: Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
• Regression: Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
• Histograms: Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
• Means and Medians: Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics

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Exercises to Practice Using Data

• 2004 Election: Voting Behavior by Charles Prysby and Carmine Scavo

Places to Find Datasets

• General Data Repositories
  • ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
  • General Index: UCLA Statistics Data Sets
• Correlates of War (for International Security Studies): Correlates of War
• U.S. Elections Data: Election Archive
  • National Research Commission on Elections and Voting
  • Election Online
• Survey Data
  • The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
  • The Gallup Poll
  • General Social Survey Codebook
  • American National Elections Studies

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Created by: Annie Choi '07 and Adilia James '07
Maintained by: Hahrie C. Han
Date Created: August 4, 2006
Last Modified: April 14, 2008
Expires: August 4, 2007