Statistics for Political Research Data Sets Available for Analysis in SPSS Form

Once you learn how to use SPSS, you'll have access to many thousands of social science data sets. Northwestern, like other research universities, provides support for students and faculty to access major data sets in the social sciences, humanities, and business world. This service is housed in the Government Publications Department of the University Library and is run by my wife, Ann Janda. After taking this course, you'll be prepared to use outside data sets in your studies. To see what she has to offer, go to her website at http://www.library.northwestern.edu/data/index.html . In this course, however, I'm encouraging you to use various data sets that I have chosen and made available for your use, so don't bother to see her unless none of these studies interests you at all. But first investigate what I've made available. That will be much easier.

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Data on American Government and Politics Sample Surveys: The units of analysis are individuals and the variables are their responses to questions 2000 Presidential Election -- 181 variables for about 1,800 respondents interviewed before and after the election go here for a description of the file, vote00 To download an encoded file to save as an SPSS "portable" file (*.por), click HERE. <-revised 11/24/01 1996 Presidential Election -- about 200 variables on 1,714 respondents go here for a description of the file, vote96 To download an encoded file to save as an SPSS "portable" file (*.por), click HERE. 1992 Presidential Election -- about 140 variables on 2,255 respondents go here for a description of the file, vote92 To download an encoded file to save as an SPSS "portable" file (*.por), click HERE. 1988 Presidential Election -- about 60 variables on 1,230 cases go here for a description of the file, vote88 To download an encoded file to save as an SPSS "portable" file (*.por), click HERE. Ecological "Censuses": The units of analysis are groups of people living in geographical areas and the variables are properties of those groups and their society American states --about 100 socioeconomic and political variables for 50 states plus Washington DC go here for a description of the file, states To download an encoded file to save as an SPSS "portable" file (*.por), click HERE. CD2000 -- about 50 variables on the 2000 election by congresional districts and House votes in 2000 session go here for a description of the file, CD2000 To download an encoded file to save as an SPSS "portable" file (*.por), click HERE. <-revised 11/27/01 Data on Politics in Other Countries Sample Surveys: The units of analysis are individuals and the variables are their responses to questions Citizen Politics -- about 65 variables on more than 7,000 cases in the UK, Germany, France, and US go here for a description of the file, citizen To download an encoded file to save as an SPSS "portable" file (*.por), click HERE. European Community -- 1989 survey of 7,000 interviews in 12 countries go here for a description of the file, europe To download an encoded file to save as an SPSS "portable" file (*.por), click HERE. Ecological "Censuses": The units of analysis are groups of people living in geographical areas and the variables are the properties of those groups and their society Nations in 1995 -- about 45 variables on 109 nations of the world in 1995 (sample data set with SPSS 10) The world-95 file is briefly described on page 400 of the SPSS Users' Guide To download an encoded file to save as an SPSS "portable" file (*.por), click HERE. Nations in the 1980s -- about 120 political and social variables on 111 nations go here for a description of the file, polity To download an encoded file to save as an SPSS "portable" file (*.por), click HERE. Data on Organizations Organizational Studies: The units of analysis are neither individuals nor people grouped in geographical areas but social organizations and the variables are the properties of these organizations Political parties -- about 150 variables on 158 parties in 53 countries in the early 1960s. go here for a description of the file, parties To download an encoded file to save as an SPSS "portable" file (*.por), click HERE.