POLI 612: Empirical Methods

Major online data sources: Cross-national

The major cross-national data archives

• European Data Archives [CESSDA]
  Searchable full-text; frequently are in local language
• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
  USA: State and Metropolitan level surveys
  National Election Studies: esp. US, Canada, UK, Germany.. & others
• Gesis -- ZACAT
  focus on European data: elections, household surveys, central Europe, etc.

International comparative data-sets

• International Social Survey Project
• World Values Survey

The "Barometer Surveys" Series

• The AfroBarometers
• The EuroBarometers
• The LatinoBarometers
• Global Barometer Surveys

Major online data sources: Primarily Canada, USA

• Canadian National Election Surveys
• Canadian Opinion Research Archive
  online anaylsis via Nesstar
  may request datasets
• ODESI
  Searchable ACROSS ARCHIVES!
• Institute for Social Research: York University
  Only academic survey research unit operating in a Canadian university
• Roper Center
  iPoll: searchable archive of questions asked in national public opinion polls

International relations datasets (available from ICPSR, and/or the research-project web-site)

• International Crisis Behaviour Project
  Summary: This data collection was produced as part of the International Crisis Behavior Project, a research effort aimed at investigating 20th-century interstate crises and the behavior of states under externally generated stress. The collection currently covers the period 1918-2004.
• Peace Science Society
  Contents: Correlates of War (COW) data; Militarized Interstate Disputes, etc.
• The Polity Studies
  NB: The Polity IV project is now housed at the Center for Systemic Peace.
• International Country Risk Guide
  Summary: The ICRG offers analyses of events that affect the risk ratings in about 20-25 countries along with the economic and financial data underlying financial and economic risk ratings.
• Jane's
  Summary: The Library has subscriptions to a select set of Jane's publications on defense, international terrorism and security

Canadian election data

• Locating Canadian Election Surveys, incl. Referendums
• Elections Canada

Prepared by susan [dot] czarnocki [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Susan Czarnocki)
2012 November
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