Electronic Data Center http://edc.library.emory.edu The Electronic Data Center was created in 1996 to support faculty and students at Emory University whose research and instruction make use of numeric and/or spatial data. We assist researchers and instructors with locating and accessing data, and with managing and preparing those data for analysis. en Medicare Provider Charge Data Now Publicly Available http://edc.library.emory.edu/node/220 <p>As featured in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/business/hospital-billing-varies-wildly-us-data-shows.html" target="_blank">New York Times</a>, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released <a href="http://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/Medicare-Provider-Charge-Data/index.html" target="_blank">Medicare provider charge data</a> for FY2011. To quote CMS, the data include "hospital-specific charges for the more than 3,000 U.S. hospitals that receive Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) payments for the top 100 most frequently billed discharges, paid under Medicare based on a rate per discharge using the Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. These DRGs represent almost 7 million discharges or 60 percent of total Medicare IPPS discharges." The data include the names and locations of individual hospitals and are available in either Excel (.xlsx) or comma-delimited formats.</p> Data hospitals Medicare public health Wed, 08 May 2013 15:08:47 +0000 roreill 220 at http://edc.library.emory.edu Distracted Driving Laws Dataset http://edc.library.emory.edu/node/219 <p>New at the ICPSR - the "<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34551.v1" target="_blank">Public Health Law Research Distracted Driving Laws Dataset, 2000-2011</a>." To quote the ICPSR, "[this] project compiled state and District of Columbia laws regulating the use of mobile communication devices (MCD) by individuals operating motor vehicles and coded some of the laws' features in a data file. The data file contains information about prohibitions against talking or texting on a MCD for different groups of drivers," e.g. all drivers, 16-year-old drivers with beginners' licenses, and so on. The study includes both coded data and the text of relevant laws. For more information, see <a href="http://publichealthlawresearch.org/data-set/distracted-driving-laws" target="_blank">http://publichealthlawresearch.org/data-set/distracted-driving-laws</a>.</p> Data driving laws mobile phones Wed, 08 May 2013 15:02:42 +0000 roreill 219 at http://edc.library.emory.edu Religion in Population Censuses http://edc.library.emory.edu/node/218 <p>While the U.S. Census Bureau <a href="http://www.pewforum.org/Government/A-Brief-History-of-Religion-and-the-U-S--Census.aspx" target="_blank">does not collect data on religious practices</a>, many other countries do gather such data in censuses (hence this melancholy tale of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/11/census-data-religion-jedi-knights" target="_blank">the declining population of Jedi Knights in the United Kingdom</a>). One source for such data is <a href="https://international.ipums.org/international/index.shtml" target="_blank">IPUMS International</a>. The IPUMS International project, which is hosted at the University of Minnesota, provides free access to microdata samples from dozens of countries. Many of these samples include variables on religion, race, and ethnicity, in both <a href="https://international.ipums.org/international-action/variables/group/ethnic?variableType=HARMONIZED" target="_blank">harmonized form</a> for easier cross-national analysis and <a href="https://international.ipums.org/international-action/variables/group/ethnic?variableType=UNHARMONIZED" target="_blank">unharmonized form</a> with codes taken from the original samples. See <a href="https://international.ipums.org/international-action/variables/RELIG#availability_tab" target="_blank">here</a> for country availability of variables measuring religious affiliation.</p> census Data microdata religion Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:07:55 +0000 roreill 218 at http://edc.library.emory.edu A Brief History of Religion and the U.S. Census http://edc.library.emory.edu/node/217 <p>The <a href="http://www.pewforum.org/" target="_blank">Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life</a> has an informative essay on <a href="http://www.pewforum.org/Government/A-Brief-History-of-Religion-and-the-U-S--Census.aspx" target="_blank">the history of collecting data on religion via the Decennial Census of Population</a>. At various points in time, the Census has collected data from clergy members as to sizes of their congregations, either as part of the Decennial Census or via the Census of Religious Bodies that was conducted in 1890 and every 10 years from 1906-1936 (data were collected in 1946, but were not tabulated). However, questions about religious affiliations and practices of individuals have never been included in the Decennial Census. While it is not illegal for the Census to ask respondents about religious practices on a voluntary basis, it has rarely chosen to actually do so.</p> <p>State-level and county-level data on numbers of congregations and adherents for various religious traditions are available via the Association of Religion Data Archive's <a href="http://www.thearda.com/Archive/browse.asp" target="_blank">collection of U.S. church membership data</a>. The data sources include the old Census of Religious Bodies and various non-governmental organizations.</p> census Census Bureau Data religion Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:36:13 +0000 roreill 217 at http://edc.library.emory.edu Census Data Overview Workshop http://edc.library.emory.edu/census_data_workshop <p>The staff of the Electronic Data Center will be conducting an introduction to data from the Census of Population and Housing on Thursday, February 21 from 2:30PM-3:45PM. The workshop will be located in Room 314 in the Robert W. Woodruff Library. To sign up for the workshop and/or to read more about it, see <a href="http://web.library.emory.edu/news-events/upcoming-classes" target="_blank">http://web.library.emory.edu/news-events/upcoming-classes</a>.</p> census Data Thu, 14 Feb 2013 02:42:42 +0000 roreill 216 at http://edc.library.emory.edu Social Explorer Subscription http://edc.library.emory.edu/social_explorer_subscription <p>We now have a subscription to Social Explorer, which is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to current and historical census data and demographic information. Social Explorer is available at <a href="http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/home/home.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/home/home.aspx</a> and via the library's databases page at <a href="http://web.library.emory.edu/databases" target="_blank">http://web.library.emory.edu/databases</a>. Its contents include the entire U.S. Census from 1790 to 2010, annual updates from the American Community Survey, data on religious congregations for the United States for 2009 (including maps for counties, and special census areas, as well as point maps of the actual congregation locations), decennial religious congregation data for 1980-2010, and carbon emissions data for 2002. Users can create reports and maps at various levels of geography, including counties, Census tracts, Census block groups, and zip codes, depending on data availability.</p> census Data religion Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:30:51 +0000 roreill 215 at http://edc.library.emory.edu Closed for the Holidays http://edc.library.emory.edu/closed_for_the_holidays_1213 <p>The Data Center will be closed from 12/24/2012 through 01/04/2013. The Center will re-open for normal business hours on Monday, 01/07/2013. On behalf of the Center's staff, we wish you a suitably festive and safe holiday season. For those of you who observe Festivus, we wish you good luck in the Feats of Strength.</p> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:12:58 +0000 roreill 214 at http://edc.library.emory.edu Area Resource File Now Available for Free http://edc.library.emory.edu/Area_Resource_File_Now_Available_for_Free <p>The <a href="http://arf.hrsa.gov/" target="_blank">Area Resource File</a> is a commonly-used database for county-level data on "health facilities, health professions, measures of resource scarcity, health status, economic activity, health training programs, and socioeconomic and environmental characteristics" that is produced by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The database, which used to available by purchase only, is now <a href="http://arf.hrsa.gov/purchase.htm" target="_blank">available via free download</a>. The database is available in two formats - an ASCII text file with code to read the data into SAS, and an Access database that can export subsets of ARF data. The Access database often provides more years of coverage than does the ASCII/SAS file. See <a href="http://arf.hrsa.gov/overview.htm" target="_blank">this overview of the ARF</a> for a more detailed overview of its contents.</p> counties Data public health Mon, 12 Nov 2012 02:34:25 +0000 roreill 213 at http://edc.library.emory.edu Workshop on DMPTool: Preparing data management plans for grant applications http://edc.library.emory.edu/node/212 <p> <a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php"> Share</a><br />  </p> <p><strong>Related Story:</strong><br /> <a href="http://news.emory.edu/stories/2012/10/er_take_note_dmptool_class/campus.html" target="_blank">DMPTool can make applying for grants easier</a><br /> <a href="http://web.library.emory.edu/blog/preparing-data-management-plans-dmptool-3" target="_blank">Preparing data management plans with the DMPTool</a> <br /> <strong>Related Links: </strong><br /> <a href="http://dmp.cdlib.org/" target="_blank">DMPTool</a><br /> <a href="http://guides.main.library.emory.edu/datamgmt" target="_blank">Research Data Management Guide</a><br />  <br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EmoryLibraries" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://twitter.com/EmoryLibraries" target="_blank"></a> Join the discussion</p> <p>Submitting a grant proposal to the NSF, NIH, or NEH? If you apply for funding from government agencies, you may be required to include a data management plan (DMP) in your application. Preparation of your plan is made easier through use of the online <a href="https://dmp.cdlib.org/" target="_blank">DMPTool</a>, which walks you through each component of the plan.<br /> Join us for a workshop on the DMPTool next <strong>Tuesday, October 9, in Woodruff Library Room 312 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. </strong>We will cover the basics of using the tool, review some sample data management plans, and step through the process of crafting your own plan to accompany a grant proposal.<br /> <a href="http://guides.main.library.emory.edu/content.php?pid=16968&amp;sid=3102488" target="_blank">Register for the workshop</a>.<br /> Need further assistance in preparing a DMP or general guidance on how to manage research data? Contact the <a href="http://guides.main.library.emory.edu/content.php?pid=333927" target="_blank">Research Data Management group</a> at <a href="mailto:%20dataplans@emory.edu">dataplans@emory.edu</a>.</p> <p> Authored By: <br /> <em>Jennifer Doty, Data Management Specialist, Electronic Data Center</em><em>Katherine Akers, e-Science Librarian and CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow</em></p> Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:41:32 +0000 Libadmin 212 at http://edc.library.emory.edu Preparing data management plans with the DMPTool http://edc.library.emory.edu/node/211 <p> <a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php"> Share</a></p> <p><strong>Related Links: </strong><br /> <a title="DMPTool" href="http://dmp.cdlib.org/" target="_blank">DMPTool</a><br /> <a title="Electronic Data Center" href="http://edc.library.emory.edu/" target="_blank">Electronic Data Center</a><br /> <a title="Research Data Management" href="http://guides.main.library.emory.edu/datamgmt" target="_blank">Research Data Management</a><br /> <a title="Emory Libraries on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/EmoryLibraries" target="_blank"></a><a title="Emory Libraries on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/EmoryLibraries" target="_blank"></a> Join the discussion</p> <p>Although journal articles are often the most visible products of research studies, the data underlying those articles are in themselves important sources of information.  The careful documentation, preservation, and sharing of research data not only prevents unnecessary duplication of research efforts, but also may lead to new discoveries. That data, however, is difficult to share if it exists only on an external hard drive in a desk drawer.<br /> To promote the preservation and sharing of data, many major funding agencies, including the <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/dmp.jsp">NSF</a>, <a href="http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/policy/data_sharing/data_sharing_guidance.htm">NIH</a>, and <a href="http://www.neh.gov/files/grants/data_management_plans_2012.pdf">NEH</a>, now require a data management plan(DMP) as a component of grant proposals. In a DMP, researchers can formulate strategies for storing their data while their study is in progress, preserving their data long-term for the scholarly record, sharing their data with others, and describing or documenting their data to make them computer-readable and meaningful in the future.<br /> To assist Emory researchers with the preparation of DMPs, the <a href="http://guides.main.library.emory.edu/content.php?pid=333927">Research Data Management group</a> at Robert W. Woodruff Library now offers use of the <a href="https://dmp.cdlib.org/">DMPTool</a>. This free online tool, which is a service of the University of California Curation Center and the California Digital Library, allows Emory researchers to create, save, and revisit their DMPs by logging in with their Emory network ID and password. The <a href="https://dmp.cdlib.org/">DMPTool</a> also provides helpful information and links for each component of the plan.<br /> Need further assistance in preparing a DMP or general guidance on how to manage research data? Contact the <a href="http://guides.main.library.emory.edu/content.php?pid=333927">Research Data Management group</a> at <a href="mailto:%20dataplans@emory.edu">dataplans@emory.edu</a>.</p> <p> Authored By: <br /> <em>Jennifer Doty, Data Management Specialist, Electronic Data Center</em><em>Katherine Akers, CLIR Postdoctoral Fellow</em></p> Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:43:23 +0000 Libadmin 211 at http://edc.library.emory.edu
http://edc.library.emory.edu/rss.xml
edc.library.emory.edu
crawl=CC-MAIN-2013-20
20698
application/http; msgtype=response
sha1:4G52X2UEIP6TMAI6TCEMHETIGMVA7G4D
<urn:uuid:2d97bf1b-224d-4ff1-944a-93161c60f194>
2013-05-24T18:21:40Z
170.140.223.100
sha1:MQ5SEOV3ODHEFBCCBLTJR6TUOWUUDXPY
<urn:uuid:982fbc59-db82-4409-bc8e-83d88861af0e>
http://edc.library.emory.edu/rss.xml
response
<urn:uuid:8c522b0f-76f0-4bb2-b676-99229f7b9e66>
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)/CC WarcExport 1.0
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2013-20
operator: CommonCrawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web with URLs provided by Blekko for Spring 2013
publisher: CommonCrawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf