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Finding & Using Data from ICPSR

The Inter-University Consortium of Political and Social Research is a depository of datasets for use in secondary data analysis.

Creating a MyData account

HOW DO I START? 

Access to ICPSR is limited to current students, faculty, and staff at A&M-SA.  On the ICPSR home page and click the "Log In" link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.  Then click on the create account link near the bottom of the screen. By creating an account, you will be able to:

  • Download data and use online analysis tools
  • Generate utilization reports and download statistics

To begin a project involving data analysis, you will first need to search for a dataset to answer your research questions. Then you can download the dataset and run a simple statistical procedure(*) on your own computer with your own software, or you can use the online data analysis system for a selection of the ICPSR datasets available on our site.

* You will need basic statistical skills for using the online analysis system and more advanced skills for running your own analysis, although SAS, SPSS, AND Stata setup files are provided with many ICPSR datasets.