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Data Sharing: Links to Data SetsA wealth of shared data are available for use in psychological science research. These data span a wide variety of topics. Below are examples of electronically available behavioral and social science data.Links to other data repositories and portal sites. If you know of other data sets that are not included on this page, please e-mail us. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Alcohol Use and Consumption Tables Health and Retirement Study: A longitudinal study of health, retirement, and aging. User registration required. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) . Links to data from various epidemiology studies and clinical trials. Access requires application and IRB approval. Epidemiology Studies:
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The fMRI Data Center at Dartmouth University. A site dedicated to increasing access to brain imaging data. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan. Contains 17 thematic categories of data. Requires registration (Click on the data access and analysis tab). National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA), located within ICPSR at the University of Michigan. The Health and Retirement Study: A Longitudinal Study of Health, Retirement, and Aging at the University of Michigan. The National Growth and Change Study (NGCS). National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill National Election Studies. These are databases primarily related to election activity from 1948 through the present. Simple registration is required. Census Data An introductory link to the many tables that are available. Human Mortality Database provides detailed mortality and population data to researchers, students, journalists, policy analysts, and others interested in the history of human longevity. International Math and Science Study (TIMMS). This Boston College sponsored site includes the TIMSS 1999 International Database among other data. Additionally, guidebooks (.pdf) are available to download. National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). Data Analysis Systems. This web site provides public access to education survey data collected by the U.S. Department of Education and to analysis reports about postsecondary education policy issues. Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES) provides access to tools that include a database of transcripts, programs for computer analysis of transcripts, methods for linguistic coding, and systems for linking transcripts to digitized audio and video. Organization for Economic Co-ordination and Development-Program for International Student Assessment. Reports from the recent study are available as downloadable Excel tables. Civic Education. International Civic Education study through the National Center for Education Statistics Income Dynamics. Panel Study of Income Dynamics. The PSID is a longitudinal survey of a representative sample of US individuals and the families in which they reside. Consumer Behavior Data: Requires registration. “The Surveys of Consumers are conducted by the Survey Research Center, under the direction of Richard T. Curtin, at the University of Michigan. Founded in 1946 by George Katona, the surveys have long stressed the important influence of consumer spending and saving decisions in determining the course of the national economy. The Surveys of Consumers have proven to be an accurate indicator of the future course of the national economy.” Population Studies Center at U. Michigan (click on "data archive" on left of page). The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) is a long-term study of a random sample of 10,317 men and women who graduated from Wisconsin high schools in 1957. Survey data were collected from the original respondents or their parents in 1957, 1964, 1975, and 1992 and from a selected sibling in 1977 and 1994. The National Institute on Aging is supporting a new wave of interviews with graduates, siblings, spouses, and widows during 2003-2004.
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