Data Repositories

 

• Field Polls

  The Field (California) Poll has operated continuously since 1947 as an independent, non-partisan, media-sponsored public opinion news service and has issued over 2,000 different reports.

  During its long history, The Field Poll has acquired a national reputation as a consistently reliable and authoritative source of public opinion trends in California. News stories quoting The Field Poll appear regularly in national and state media. References to findings derived from the poll appear in hundreds of published works by scholars, political and social writers.

  Field Poll data are made available to CSU users through an arrangement with UC Berkeley. These data are made available through a license to the CSU, and are not to be provided to non-CSU personnel.

• ICPSR

  The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), established in 1962, is an integral part of the infrastructure of social science research. ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction, and offers training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use. Through the CSU's membership in the ICPSR, students, faculty, and staff can download data using ICPSR Direct from on campus. Some campuses also allow off-campus access through a proxy server.

  ICPSR data are made available through a license to the CSU, and are not to be provided to non-CSU personnel.

• Roper Polls

  Founded in 1947, the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is the leading educational facility in the field of public opinion. The Center exists to promote the intelligent, responsible and imaginative use of public opinion in addressing the problems faced by Americans and citizens of other nations. In an increasingly complex and interdependent global environment, the Roper Center hopes to foster increased international understanding and to promote cross-national research. Through the maintenance of the world's largest archive of survey data, and through its programs of publication, presentation and advanced research, the Roper Center strives to improve the practice of survey research and the use of survey data in the United States and abroad.

Assistance in accessing these Data Repositories can be received either by going to the SSRIC Web site http://www.ssric.org/ where there are several helpful hints for getting to the data you are seeking. You may also try calling Steve Stratton at 437 8913 and he will attempt to be of help in the matter.