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  • Wayne State University - National Science Foundation Data Management Plan Evaluation
    WSU Dataset

    Authors
    James Van Loon
    Katherine G. Akers
    Cole Hudson
    Alexandra Sarkozy
    Description

    To determine the overall quality of Data Management Plans (DMPs) at Wayne State University, the Library System’s Research Data Services (RDS) team evaluated the content of 119 DMPs from grant proposals submitted to the National Science Foundation by Wayne State University researchers between 2012 and 2014. The DMPs were evaluated using a 15-question modified rubric previously used by researchers at University of Michigan.

    Subject
    Computer Science
    Timeframe
    2012 - 2014
    Access Rights
    Free to all
  • National Evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Urban Health Initiative: Survey of Adults and Youth

    Alternate Title(s)
    Evaluation of the Urban Health Initiative: Working to Ensure the Health and Safety of Children
    Authors
    Beth C. Weitzman
    Description

    This dataset was generated during a repeated cross-sectional national telephone survey of households, conducted as part of the evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Urban Health Initiative (UHI). UHI is a long-term effort to improve the health, safety, and well-being of children and youth in five economically distressed cities in the United States: Baltimore, MD, Detroit, MI, Oakland, CA, Philadelphia, PA, and Richmond, VA. The UHI Survey of Adults and Youth (SAY) included a variety of questions, asked of both parents and their 10-18 year old children, regarding children's health, safety, perceptions of neighborhoods and schools, family relations, quality of city services, and other issues. SAY surveyed 3 types of households -- households without children, households with children aged 0-9 years, and households with children aged 10-18 years -- in up to 14 geographic areas, including the 5 UHI program cities, 9 comparison cities demographically similar to the UHI cities, the suburban regions of these cities, the most populous 100 United States cities, and the rest of the country. There were 3 waves of SAY fielded during the course of the UHI project: during the 1998-1999, 2001-2002, and 2004-2005 school years. There is a separate data file for each wave, and each record contains all of the data for a given household.

    Subject
    Medicine & Health
    Sociology
    Geographic Coverage
    United States
    Timeframe
    1998 - 2005
    Access Rights
    Application required
    Fee required
  • Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study

    Alternate Title(s)
    TIMSS
    Description

    The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) provides reliable and timely data on the mathematics and science achievement of U.S. students compared to that of students in other countries. TIMSS data have been collected from students at grades 4 and 8 since 1995 every 4 years, generally. In addition, TIMSS Advanced measures advanced mathematics and physics achievement in the final year of secondary school across countries. TIMSS Advanced data have been collected internationally three times, in 1995, 2008 and 2015. The United States participated in TIMSS Advanced in 1995 and 2015. TIMSS is sponsored by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and conducted in the United States by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

    Subject
    Education
    Timeframe
    1995 - Present
    Access Rights
    Free to all
  • City of Detroit Open Data Portal

    Description

    The City of Detroit Open Data Portal allows access to datasets, maps, charts, and files and documents on City of Detroit government operations and programs, public safety (Detroit Police Department, Detroit Fire Department, and Detroit Department of Homeland Security), property and parcels, schools and educational institutions, transportation, public health, and permits.

    Subject
    Political Science
    Geographic Coverage
    Detroit, Michigan
    Access Rights
    Free to all
  • Data from: Who's Talking about Scholarly Communication? An Examination of Gender and Behavior on the SCHOLCOMM Listserv
    WSU Dataset

    Authors
    Clayton Hayes
    Heidi Elaine Kelly
    Description

    Data gathered from the American Library Association SCHOLCOMM Listerv on gendered responses to listserv inquiries. Data includes gender, count, replies, nonreplies, and replied between male and female listserv members.

    Subject
    Library & Information Science
    Geographic Coverage
    North America
    Timeframe
    2013 - 2015
    Access Rights
    Free to all
  • Replication Data for: The regional consequences of authoritarian power-sharing: Politburo representation and fiscal redistribution in China
    WSU Dataset

    Authors
    Yumin Sheng
    Description

    This study investigates the effect of membership for provincial officials in the Politburo of the single-ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on fiscal resource flows between the central government and provincial governments in reform-era China. This study shows evidence that the provinces overseen by CCP Politburo members tended to remit more budgetary revenues to the center but did not receive larger central budgetary subsidies.

    Subject
    Political Science
    Geographic Coverage
    China
    Access Rights
    Free to all
  • Climate Data Online

    Alternate Title(s)
    CDO
    Description

    Climate Data Online (CDO) provides free access to NCDC's archive of global historical weather and climate data in addition to station history information. These data include quality controlled daily, monthly, seasonal, and yearly measurements of temperature, precipitation, wind, and degree days as well as radar data and 30-year Climate Normals.

    Subject
    Earth Science
    Geography
    Geographic Coverage
    Global
    Access Rights
    Free to all
  • Aerosols analyzed for Pb-210 collected on R/V Thomas G. Thompson cruise TN303 in the Eastern Tropical Pacific from October to December 2013 (U.S. GEOTRACES EPZT project)
    WSU Dataset

    Authors
    Mark Baskaran
    Description

    This data was collected as part of an expedition to the Pacific Ocean to map and study the distribution of trace elements and isotopes as part of the International GEOTRACES Program (a program which aims to improve the understanding of biogeochemical cycles and large-scale distribution of trace elements and their isotopes in the marine environment). 135 seawater samples were collected and analyzed from 6 super stations from east to west along a transect from Peru to Tahiti.

    Subject
    Earth Science
    Geographic Coverage
    Oceanic
    Timeframe
    2013 - 2013
    Access Rights
    Free to all
  • ACAPS COVID-19 Government Measures Dataset

    Description

    The Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS) provides independent, high-quality, and timely humanitarian analysis to enable crisis responders to better understand and address the needs of the affected population. ACAPS' COVID19 Government Measures Dataset compiles the measures implemented by governments worldwide in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The measures fall into five categories: social distancing, movement restrictions, public health measures, social and economic measures, and lockdowns. Data are compiled by consultation with government, media, the United Nations, and other organizational sources.

    Subject
    COVID-19
    Economics
    Medicine & Health
    Political Science
    Geographic Coverage
    International
    Timeframe
    2020 - Present
    Access Rights
    Free to all
  • Survey of the Incarcerated

    Description

    Beginning in 2019, The Marshall Project/Slate began a large ongoing reporting project to survey the political views of incarcerated people in American prisons and jails. Responses are being collected on a rolling basis over several months; by March of 2020 over 8,000 had arrived from incarcerated people across the country. The raw survey data are cleaned, formatted, and anonymized.

    Subject
    Political Science
    Sociology
    Geographic Coverage
    United States
    Timeframe
    2019 - Present
    Access Rights
    Free to all