Social Science Data Services

Guides:

Glossary of Social Science Terms
Index of Frequently used Acronyms

Technical Notes and Tutorials:

Accessing Census Data Tutorial by Barbara Ronningen, a Minnesota demographer. This tutorial covers three tools for accessing census data: American FactFinder, DataNet, and the US Census 2000 Data Engine Software.

Accessing Datasets on the SSCC using SAS

Accessing Datasets on the SSCC using Stata

ICPSR Direct Downloads with SPSS Windows

Extracting and Downloading GSS Datasets

Statistical Package Guides for new and experienced users: Columbia University tutorials to SAS 9.1, SPSS 14, and Stata SE 9.2.     Stata 10.0 Updates

Translating GSS Stata Definitions into a Stata Dataset