SOC221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Descriptive Statistics, Stata, Univariate
20 Mar 2019
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Finding statistical data that have already been analyzed. Max. of 6 pages: double-spaced, standard font size margins, excluding the references, pdf or word format. 2 types of existing data: (raw) data files which you can download and analyze yourself using a program like spss = secondary analysis. Statistics available online (from data already analyzed by others) Contains a large variety of good quality statistical data, both recent and historical. 2016 census and 2011 national household survey (nhs): Census: questionnaire to be completed by all heads of. Census: questionnaire to be completed by all heads of households, every 5 years. Nhs: random sample representing roughly 20% of canadian households (voluntary response); replaced long-form census in. Provides all tables generated by stats can on chosen topic. Good source of data for what individuals think about a topic. Analyzing existing statistical data (collected by someone else/another research team, and made available) Lots of good quality, freely available data sets out there.
