Roper Center Elements by Example

Roper Center Elements by Example

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The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is one of the world's leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from surveys of public opinion. The data held by the Roper Center range from the 1930s, to the present. Most of the data are from the United States, but over 50 nations are represented.

Accessing the great holdings of Roper Center can be very challenging. In this tutorial, we will use an example, public opinion trends on President Bush's Handling Iraq Issue, to elaborate the main process to research on a certain topic. Then, we will move on to other selected components.

1. Things You Need to Know before Start: Components and Access
2. Basics on the Topic
   • 2.1 Methodology about Polling in General
   • 2.2 Search over the WebPages
   • 2.3 Topics at a Glance
3. Question Level Research -- iPOLL
• 3.1 Register or Login for iPOLL
• 3.2 Search in iPOLL Databank
  • 3.2.1 The Search Logic in Roper Center
  • 3.2.2 Refine your search
• 3.3 View the Search Result
4. Reach Whole Dataset - "Search for Datasets" & "RoperExpress"
• 4.1 Launch "Search" and Search
  • 4.1.1 Launch to "Search for Datasets"
  • 4.1.2 To Search: 300 Limit and Major Topics Tag
• 4.2 View and Download Datasets
  • 4.2.1 Get the Documentation
  • 4.2.2 Data File via the RoperExpress
5. Summary for Other Featured Collections in Roper

last updated: March 27, 2009