Social Science - Internet Resources

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• Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS): Spatial Resources for the Social Sciences
  "The CSISS mission recognizes the growing significance of space, spatiality, location, and place in social science research" | cartographic visualization, geographic information systems (GIS), pattern recognition, spatially sensitive statistical analysis, place-based search methodologies, audio & video clips, links, search engine
• European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
• Free Resources in Social Research Methods
  online books, manuals, articles on how to do social research, incl surveys, interviews, observations, research about research methods, free software, how to present data, review of free statistical resources
• IASSIST - International Association of Social Science Information Service and Technology
  conferences, publications, tools, technology, training, directories
• The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research - ICPSR - U. Michigan
  world's largest archive of computerized social science data
• ManagingInformation.com - Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC)
  ESRC - the UK's largest funding agency for research & postgraduate training on social & economic issues | free digest of social sciences research available, planned & in progress, all ESRC-funded research, other key online resources from the UK incl Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG), UK Data Archive, Office of National Statistics, int'l incl Europa, Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
• NESSTAR - Network Social Science Tools and Resources
  search engine, publisher, system architecture
• PolicyBot
  database of public policy documents
• Project Implicit - Yale, Harvard, UV, UW & National Institute of Mental Health
  "...a Virtual Laboratory for the social and behavioral sciences designed to facilitate the research of implicit social cognition: cognitions, feelings, and evaluations that are not necessarily available to conscious awareness, conscious control, conscious intention, or self-reflection"
  - Online Participatory Research online tests on attitudes, biases & stereotypes - "Here you will have the opportunity to assess your conscious and unconscious preferences for over 90 different topics ranging from pets to political issues, ethnic groups to sports teams, and entertainers to styles of music. At the same time, you will be assisting psychological research on thoughts and feelings."
• The Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide [PDF]
• Social Research and Trends Analysis - Social Issues Research Centre
  "An independent, non-profit organisation founded to conduct research on social and lifestyle issues, monitor and assess global sociocultural trends and provide new insights on human behaviour and social relations."
• Social Research Update - U Surrey
• Social Science Data on the Internet - UCSD
  archival social science data - proprietary, government, university sources
• Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
• Social Sciences & Humanities - INFOMINE Scholarly Internet Resources Collections
• Social Sciences WWW Virtual Library
• Sociological Research Online
• A Sociological Tour Through Cyberspace
• SocioSite - U Amsterdam
  Subject Areas, Sociologists, Courses, Journals, Libraries, Data Archives, Directories, Language Departments, Universities, Research Centers, Associations, Institutions, Publishers, Bookstores, Weblogs, NewsGroups, NewsLetters, MailingLists, Search Tools, Who's Where?, What's New?, NewsPapers, Funny Science
• Survey Research Center - Princeton U
  poll & survey findings and data, foundations, government sources, statistical, demographic, social science archives, data collection, survey analysis, report prep, survey research centers, market research, associations & societies
• Survey Sample Size Calculator
  "Want to take a survey but not sure how many responses to collect? This calculator gives you the number for any given population size and desired confidence level. A reverse calculator lets you enter characteristics of an existing survey and gives the confidence interval (plus-or-minus number) to apply to the results. Clear explanations of statistical significance, survey design, and related concepts."
• Survey Suite
  free automated online survey service, incl creation, administration, tallying results
• Understanding the World Today - Global Social Change Research Project
  World Social Change reports, reviews of main world demographic and political changes & data, review of theories of change,long term changes in political, economic & social systems, theory, data, research, syllabi, history, etc.
• Web Interface for Statistics Education - Claremont Colleges
  resources for statistics education & applications, esp social sciences | tutorials, statistics applets, glossaries, journals, links

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