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Contact us if you need help with:

• Finding and getting data for your research
• DEWI (Data Extraction Web Interface)
• ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
• The Roper Center for Public Opinion
• SSDS numeric data on CD-ROM and diskette
• Questions about SSDS resources and services

Data specialists provide support for Stanford's faculty, staff and students who wish to access local and virtual social science data resources for research and instruction. Our services are available via email, by appointment, or during scheduled walk-in hours in The Velma Denning Room, located in the Green Library Bing Wing.

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Contact us if you need help with:

• Getting started with a quantitative or qualitative software package
• Choosing the right software package to analyze your data
• Survey design and data entry
• Data management
• Data reshaping and conversion
• Problems with data analysis software

Software consultants provide support in the use of the most popular quantitative (statistical) software such as SPSS, SAS and Stata, and qualitative software, NVivo and ATLAS.ti. Consultants provide assistance and information for researchers who are at various stages in their project. Some of the most common topics include: choosing the right software for your research project, getting started with a particular software package, resources for learning and teaching quantitative (statistical) and qualitative analysis software, survey design and tips for data entry, solutions to common software problems, data management, and data reshaping and conversion. Our services are available via email, by appointment, or during scheduled walk-in hours in the The Velma Denning Room, located in the Green Library Bing Wing.