As one of the world’s oldest and largest data archives for social and behavioral sciences, ICPSR strives to assist faculty, researchers, and students use and share data. Typically known for its catalog of over 20,000 data collections for secondary analysis or the Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, ICPSR’s tools can also be used to engage students with data. Incorporating real data can help students feel more connected to course material and give them valuable experience for embarking on their own future research projects. (And, spoiler alert: You don’t need to be a quantitative expert, or teaching research methods or data analysis, to incorporate data!)

This workshop will: 

1. Introduce participants to the types of secondary data and topics represented in ICPSR’s collection.

2. Provide examples of ways in which data and tools can be used to convey or supplement content.

3. Highlight the ways in which ICPSR’s professional curation process adds value to shared data. Summer Program information will also be presented. 

Lunch will be provided.

Presenters:

Linda Detterman, director of Membership and Communications, ICPSR.

Lynette Hoelter, Archivist and Director, Instructional Resources, Consortium Social Sciences Archive, & National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture (NADAC); ICPSR.