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Institute for Policy & Social Research: Recent submissions

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    • A Sample Codebook in DDI4 XML 

      Hoyle, Larry (2018-04-06)
      This presentation will be a first look at a sample codebook serialized in DDI4 XML. The sample codebook is for a subset of variables from the Australian Election Study, 2013 - au.edu.anu.ada.ddi.01259 from the Australian ...

    • Sample Use Cases for the DataDictionary View in DDI Views (DDI4) 

      Gillman, Dan; Gregory, Arofan; Hoyle, Larry; Wenzig, Knut (2017-04-06)
      The DDI Moving Forward project (DDI-4) is the effort to modernize the way DDI is managed. Through the use of UML (Unified Modeling Language), a software independent representation of DDI is being developed and maintained. ...

    • Kansas Statistical Abstract 2014 (49th Edition) 

      Institute for Policy & Social Research (Institute for Policy & Social Research, 2015-09)
      The Kansas Statistical Abstract contains the latest available state, county, and city-level data for Kansas on population, vital statistics and health, housing, education, business and manufacturing, exports, employment, ...

    • The Evolution of DDI, Concepts and Technology 

      Hoyle, Larry (2016-04-08)
      This closing plenary presentation from the 2016 North American Data Documentation Initiative conference (NADDI2016) traces the evolution of the Data Documentation Initiative DDI metadata standard from initial meetings in ...

    • Qualitative Data in DDI Views (DDI4) 

      Hoyle, Larry (2016-04-07)
      This presentation explores the current set of classes for describing qualitative data in the developing DDI4 model. The qualitative model is built on the work of DDI Moving Forward sprints, the DDI Qualitative Data Model ...

    • DDI as a Common Format for Export and Import for Statistical Packages 

      Hoyle, Larry; Wackerow, Joachim (IASSIST Quarterly, 2016)
      One of the roles the DDI standard can perform is to serve as a medium for the transfer of metadata and data across both space and time. A crucial component of this role is the ability to represent the data and metadata ...

    • Flow dynamics of Byrd Glacier, East Antarctica 

      Vanderveen, Cornelis J.; Stearns, Leigh A.; Johnson, Jesse; Csatho, Beata (International Glaciological Society, 2014-12)
      Force-balance calculations on Byrd Glacier, East Antarctica, reveal large spatial variations in the along-flow component of driving stress with corresponding sticky spots that are stationary over time. On the large scale, ...

    • Empirical Legal Research Support Services: A National Survey of Law Libraries 

      Reeve, Allison C.; Weller, Travis (2015-07-21)

    • Academic Chemistry Inputs and Outcomes Data 

      Rosenbloom, Joshua L.; Ginther, Donna K.; Juhl, Ted P.; Heppert, Joseph A. (2015-07-17)

    • Empirical Legal Research Support Services: A Survey of Academic Law Libraries 

      Reeve, Allison C.; Weller, Travis (2015)
      Empirical legal research is a significant and growing portion of legal scholarship, however it has received little attention in the law library literature. In the forthcoming paper, we share and discuss the results of a ...

    • Weaving Indigenous science, protocols and sustainability science 

      Whyte, Kyle Powys; Brewer, Joseph P., II; Johnson, Jay T. (Springer, 2015-04-02)
      The proceedings of the National Science Foundation supported WIS2DOM workshop state that sustainability scientists must respect the “protocols” of practitioners of Indigenous sciences if the practitioners of the two knowledge ...

    • Economic Impact of Immigration in Kansas City and the Bi-State Region 

      Ginther, Donna K.; Oslund, Pat C.; Boden, Jen (Institute for Policy & Social Research, The University of Kansas, 2014-11-25)
      The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation commissioned researchers from the Center for Science Technology & Economic Policy at the Institute for Policy & Social Research at the University of Kansas to study the characteristics ...

    • Facing the Future: Encouraging Critical Cartographic Literacies In Indigenous Communities 

      Johnson, Jay T.; Louis, Renee Pualani; Pramono, Albertus Hadi (University of British Columbia, Okanagan, 2005-01-01)
      As Indigenous academics researching and participating with various mapping initiatives, we have began to perceive that while many Indigenous communities have a long history of using Western cartographic techniques, including ...

    • Comprehensive Citation Across the Data Life Cycle Using DDI 

      Hoyle, Larry; Vardigan, Mary; Hume, Sam; Ionescu, Sanda; Greenfield, Jay; Iverson, Jeremy; Kunze, John; Radler, Barry; Weibel, Stuart; Witt, Michael C.; Thomas, Wendy (2014-11-17)
      Work products from the the NSF1448107 sponsored group attending Dagstuhl event 14432 in October 2014. These include datasets, analysis programs, and a technical report.

    • Understanding Methodological and Disciplinary Differences in the Data Practices of Academic Researchers 

      Weller, Travis; Monroe-Gulick, Amalia (Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2014)
      Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to better understand the data practices, influences and needs of researchers at a major public research institution. Design/methodology/approach– This paper is based on the results ...

    • Kansas Statistical Abstract 2013 (48th Edition) 

      Institute for Policy & Social Research (2014-09-01)
      The Kansas Statistical Abstract contains the latest available state, county, and city-level data for Kansas on population, vital statistics and health, housing, education, business and manufacturing, exports, employment, ...

    • Kansas Statistical Abstract 2012 (47th Edition) 

      Institute for Policy & Social Research (2014-05-27)
      The Kansas Statistical Abstract contains the latest available state, county, and city-level data for Kansas on population, vital statistics and health, housing, education, business and manufacturing, exports, employment, ...

    • Kansas Statistical Abstract 2011 (46th Edition) 

      Institute for Policy & Social Research (2014-05-27)
      The Kansas Statistical Abstract contains the latest available state, county, and city-level data for Kansas on population, vital statistics and health, housing, education, business and manufacturing, exports, employment, ...

    • Weaving Indigenous and Sustainability Sciences: Diversifying our Methods (WIS2DOM) Workshop 

      Johnson, Jay T.; Louis, Renee Pualani; Kliskey, Andrew (2014-05-27)
      This report summarizes the findings of the February 13-16, 2013 workshop, entitled Weaving Indigenous and Sustainability Sciences to Diversify our Methods (WIS2DOM), held in Olympia, Washington at The Evergreen State ...

    • The impact of agricultural colonization and deforestation on stingless bee (Apidae: Meliponini) composition and richness in Rondônia, Brazil 

      Brown, J. Christopher; Oliveira, Marcio Luiz de (Springer, 2013)
      Stingless bees were collected throughout the state of Rondônia in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon for one year. The impact of agricultural colonization and subsequent deforestation on species composition and richness is ...