Training courses | On-line research resources | Other organisations Software | References

Training courses (return to top)

The Association for Survey Computing (ASC)
The Association for Survey Computing (ASC), originally known as the Study Group on Computers in Survey Analysis (SGCSA), was formed in 1971 in order to improve knowledge of good practice in survey computing and to disseminate information on techniques and survey software.

Centre for Applied Social Surveys (CASS)
CASs aims to strengthen skills in survey design and analysis within the UK social science research community.

Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection
The Essex Summer School takes place annually. Courses deal with techniques of data collection, analysis, and model building and also non-statistical but innovative approaches to social science.

Manchester Information & Associated Services (MIMAS)
MIMAS is a JISC-supported national data centre providing the UK higher education, further education and research community with networked access to key data and information resources to support teaching, learning and research across a wide range of disciplines.

The PACO ( Panel Comparability) Project
The PACO ( Panel Comparability) Project is a centralised approach to create an international comparative database integrating micro-data from various national household panels over a large number of years.

TRAMSS
TRAMSS aims to develop a web-based learning and teaching resource for quantitative social science researchers, students and trainers.

 

On-line research resources (return to top)

British Academy Portal
PORTAL is the British Academy's directory of online resources in the humanities and social sciences.

Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR)
CCSR is an interdisciplinary research centre in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law at the University of Manchester.

DfEE DATASPHERE
The DATASPHERE links together three separate DfEE statistical websites. It contains a search facility which looks across all three to find the information you need.

ED Pubs
ED Pubs is the Education Publications Center for the U.S. Department of Education. Many Department publications can be acquired instantly in electronic form via the Internet.

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction, and offers training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use.

Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) promotes the innovative application and use of information systems and information technology in further and higher education across the UK.

Manchester Information & Associated Services (MIMAS)
MIMAS is a JISC-supported national data centre providing the UK higher education, further education and research community with networked access to key data and information resources to support teaching, learning and research across a wide range of disciplines.

National Statistics
National Statistics provides an up-to-date, comprehensive and meaningful description of the UK's economy and society.

Equal Opportunities Commission, Research and Statistics
The Research and Statistics division of the EOC manage externally commissioned research projects, carry out research and statistical analysis, provide specialist information and advice, promote the gender disaggregation of statistics and maintain the EOC's Research Database.

The PACO ( Panel Comparability) Project
The PACO ( Panel Comparability) Project is a centralised approach to create an international comparative database integrating micro-data from various national household panels over a large number of years.

The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
PISA is a new three-yearly survey of the knowledge and skills of 15-year-olds in the principal industrialised countries.

Qualidata
Qualidata provides a national service for the acquisition, dissemination and re-use of social sciences qualitative research data. It is a specialist unit housed within the UK Data Archive (UKDA) at the University of Essex.

TIMSS
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) examines the mathematics and science achievement of students in 42 countries at three different grade levels (fourth, eighth, and the end of secondary school).

TRAMSS
TRAMSS aims to develop a web-based learning and teaching resource for quantitative social science researchers, students and trainers.

The UK Data Archive (UKDA)
The UK Data Archive (UKDA) is a resource centre that acquires, disseminates, preserves, and promotes the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the United Kingdom.

UK Longitudinal Resources Centre (ULSC)
The ULSC website aims to provide an up-to-date guide to major longitudinal sources of data. The central purpose of this site is to allow users to see what kinds of longitudinal data are available and to locate information about studies which may provide data useful to their research interests.

The World Wide Web Virtual Library
The WWW Virtual Library is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert.

 

Other organisations (return to top)

Software (return to top)

The Association for Survey Computing (ASC)
The Association for Survey Computing (ASC), originally known as the Study Group on Computers in Survey Analysis (SGCSA), was formed in 1971 in order to improve knowledge of good practice in survey computing and to disseminate information on techniques and survey software.

TRAMSS
TRAMSS aims to develop a web-based learning and teaching resource for quantitative social science researchers, students and trainers.

 

Publications and References (return to top)

The Association for Survey Computing (ASC)
The Association for Survey Computing (ASC), originally known as the Study Group on Computers in Survey Analysis (SGCSA), was formed in 1971 in order to improve knowledge of good practice in survey computing and to disseminate information on techniques and survey software.

Centre for Longitudinal Studies
The Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) is an independent research centre in the Institute of Education devoted to the collection, management and analysis of large scale, longitudinal data.

National Centre for Social Research, National Centre Scotland
The National Centre for Social Research, Scotland was set up in 1998 with the aim of carrying out rigorous social policy and academic research in Scotland.

National Centre for Social Research, Quantitative Research Unit
The National Centre conducts a varied programme of quantitative surveys.