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Direct link to each section: Class Materials | Data Documentation | Recommended Readings

Quick Links

• ADRF Login (Okta sign-in required)

  • Setting up your ADRF Account

• ADRF User Guide

Class materials

• Project Template (PDF)

• Project Template (Word Document)

• ADRF Do's and Don'ts

• JupyterLab Tips

DATA DOCUMENTATION

Database Diagram

This program will use data from many sources:

• Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)

  • Data Dictionary

  • Data Description

  • Subject Code Crosswalk

• Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR)

  • Data Dictionary

  • Data Description

  • Annotated SDR Survey

  • SDR Replicate Weights User Guide

• Higher Education Research and Development Survey (HERD, provided by NCSES)

  • Data Dictionary

  • Data Description

• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS, publically available)

  • Data Dictionary

• UMETRICS (provided by the Institute for Research on Innovation and Science):

  • Data Dictionary

  • Data Description

•  Federal Reporter (https://federalreporter.nih.gov/)

  • Data Description

Recommended Readings

The Big Data and Social Science introductory textbook was created and edited by the Applied Data Analytics program directors, Drs. Ghani, Kreuter, and Lane - while running the initial three Applied Data Analytics training programs for Federal Statistical agencies in 2014-2015. Specific chapters are linked in the daily agenda, below.

Please refer to the References page for a list of links to other reference materials and readings we have compiled. If you have any resources you would like to share with the class, please email us at training@coleridgeinitiative.org.

Dataset specific readings can be found here:

• SED Publications

• SDR Publications

• UMETRICS Publications

• Federal Reporter

Additional recommended readings are:

• Federal Funding of Doctoral Recipients

• Early Matching Documentation

• New Linked Data on Research Investments

• Deep Policy Learning: Opportunities and Challenges from the Evidence Act

• Change Through Data: A Data Analytics Training Program for Government Employees

• Discovery in a Research Portfolio: Tools for Structuring, Analyzing, Visualizing and Interacting with Proposal and Award Portfolios

• The Price of a Science PhD: Variations in Student Debt Levels Across Disciplines and Race/Ethnicity

• Trends in Student Loan Debt for Graduate School Completers

• Education-related debt

• What surveys really say

• List of Additional References

*Disclaimer: This reference list is illustrative, not exhaustive. We would be delighted to include any other useful references provided by class participants.

Text Analysis Resources

Kaggle competition link

Text Analysis of Publications