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Learn stepwise procedures for conducting quantitative empirical research. Explore sources for relevant literature, hypothesis building, and research design concepts. Gain insights on data resources and secondary datasets in various fields. Contact experts for guidance.
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Where and how to find the data and literature: Library and campus resources Dean Rowan Jon Stiles Nicole Boyle Su Li U. C. Berkeley 10/9/2014
Overview of quantitative empirical research (stepwise procedures) Literature Review 1. Research Question 2. Hypothesis construction 3. Research design: concepts quantification (variables) 4. Data collection/Data finding (data coding and cleaning) 5. Data analysis (model construction) 6. Results interpretation Data resources Copy Right. Su Li. Berkeley Law. 2014
Literature review---Hypothesis construction & Research design where and how to find relevant literature: Dean Rowan • Secondary data resources—Data finding Su Li Dean Rowan Jon Stiles Nicole Boyle
Secondary Data Resources I: Some public/restricted quantitative data resources General • The Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR): https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/ • The Roper Center Public Opinion Archive: http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/data_access/data/search_for_datasets.html • The Social Science Electronic Data Library (SSEDL data archives http://www.socio.com/ssedl/ • Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS): http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu/ Copy Right. Su Li. Berkeley Law. 2014
Secondary Datasets II: Census and National Surveys • The Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/ • Minnesota Population Center Integrated Public Use Microdata Series( IMPUS): http://www.ipums.org/
Secondary Datasets III: Law and Legal Profession • American Bar Foundation After the J.D. (AJD )data http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/publications/AftertheJD/AJD_Data_Access.html • The U.S. Supreme Court Database http://supremecourtdatabase.org/ • TracFed: http://tracfed.syr.edu/ • Public Access to Court Election Records: https://www.pacer.gov/ • Lex Machina: IP law, https://lexmachina.com/
Secondary Datasets IV: • Berkeley Law Statewide Database: http://statewidedatabase.org/index.html
UC Berkeley resources: • D-lab: http://dlab.berkeley.edu/ California Census Research Data Center (public and restricted census data) • CSLS BELS data link http://www.law.berkeley.edu/4501.htm • Immigration topics data (Irene Bloemraad): http://www.popcenter.berkeley.edu/resources/migration_data_sets/intro.shtml • Berkeley Library Data lab: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/wikis/datalab/Main/HomePage
Contact info • Dean Rowan: drowan@law.berkeley.edu • Jon Stiles: jons@berkeley.edu • Su Li: sli@berkeley.edu • Nichole Boyle: nicole@cain.berkeley.edu; Karin Mac Donald: karin@cain.berkeley.edu