Documentation and workflows for social survey research: 2-day training workshop
University of Stirling, 24-25 November 2010
In this workshop we plan to cover topics in keeping effective records of survey data management for purposes of communication and replication. We will draw on materials specific to survey data analysis packages such as Stata, and on wider materials related to workflows and documentation.
Download the workshop programme (pdf)
Workshop materials
In addition to those materials listed below which are provided free open-access, the lab sessions of the workshop make use of survey microdata files which we can't distribute ourselves, but which are available for download via the UK Data Archive (details on the necessary files are found within the relevant command files).
| Session 1 | Slides: 'Data management, documentation and workflows for social survey research ', (pdf / ppt) |
| Session 2 | Slides: 'Discipline and data management..', (pdf / ppt) |
| Session 3 | Software session 1: Documentation and workflows with popular software packages Handout: pdf Principal software example files: docs_workflows_stata.do ; docs_workflows_spss.sps ; docs_workflows_R.R ; docs_workflows_mlwin.mac ; docs_workflows_lEM.inp ; Additional data and command files used within the session: Stata files for data preparation and analysis ; SPSS files for data preparation and analysis ; R files for data preparation and analysis ; MLwiN data entry example ; lEM batch job example. See also the pdf guide to the lab sessions. |
| Session 4 | Slides: 'e-Science, Data Management and Frontiers in Survey Research' (pdf / ppt) |
| Session 5 | Slides: 'High-level Workflows for Social Science', (pdf / ppt) |
| Session 6 | Stata Lab 1: Using Stata for data management for complex surveys Principal stata format 'do' files: lab1_master.do ; lab0.do; lab1_highlights.do Additional data and command files used within the lab: voting_example_data.do ; seglabelsv1.do ; LDA example data folder. See also the pdf guide to the lab sessions, our generic guide to using software effectively (pdf), and links from the related Longitudinal Data Analysis for Social Science Researcher's website). |
| Session 7 | Slides: 'Standardisation, Harmonisation and Variable Operationalisations', |
| Session 8 | Software session 2: Online tools and applied examples in operatonalising variables Principal handout: GESDE practical (pdf) ; GESDE services: GEMDE, GEODE, GEEDE; SPSS syntax example file: gesde_workshop_session.sps; Data files: data folder . |
| Session 9 | Slides: 'Prospects, data and case studies for survey research ', (pdf / ppt) |
| Session 10 | Stata Lab 2: Advances in data management and workflows with Stata Principal stata format 'do' files: lab2_master.do ; profile.do; file_matching_extensions.do; documentation_for_replication.do ; variable_operationalisations.do; rae_exemplar.do; Additional data and command files used within the lab: add_varnames_to_labels.do ; soc90_labels.do ; sub-files invoked within 'documentation for replication' ; folder with further data on occupations ; folder with RAE example data files. See also the pdf guide to the lab sessions, our generic guide to using software effectively (pdf), and links from the related Longitudinal Data Analysis for Social Science Researcher's website). |
This page was last updated on 27 November 2010.
