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SSRC
Services and Resources |
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The Social Science
Research Center (SSRC) was established within the College of
Liberal Arts & Sciences (LA&S) to centralize support for faculty
and students engaged in behavioral and social science research (BSSR)
at DePaul University. The Center will serve as a communications
hub, a resource and data repository, and a technical assistance
provider that would help put socially relevant research at
DePaul into the service of “the public.”
The SSRC promotes, enhances, facilitates, and supports faculty,
staff, and student engagement in methodologically diverse,
socially relevant research by providing the physical space and
human capital necessary to develop a robust infrastructure for
designing research projects, assisting BSSRs in procuring
intramural and extramural funding for research, implementing
funded research programs, and crafting mutually productive and
rewarding collaborations with community organizations and other
universities. This mission demands collaboration with other
research-oriented units within and beyond DePaul. To raise the
profile of BSSR work at DePaul, the SSRC works to position
faculty as well as current and future student scholars to create
mass media products and generate knowledge in the multifaceted
realm of public policymaking.
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SSRC’s resources and
services that are available to faculty, staff and students
include:
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1. Technical
Services: SSRC offers technical assistance to obtain
external funding and carryout
research for all faculty, staff and students. We specifically
offer assistance in:
• Data Collection/Processing
• Data Conversion
• Data Analysis
• Database Development
• Digital Media and Research Methods
• GIS Mapping
• Grant Writing
• Program Evaluation
• Research
• Survey Design
• Survey Analysis
• Technical Assistance
• Web Development / Hosting
2. Training, Workshops, Seminar Series: SSRC will provide
training, workshops and seminars
on a variety of areas. These include:
Training
• U.S. Census, American Community Survey
Data, PUMS
• SPSS (Basic and Intermediate)
• Research Design (Logic, Vernacular,
Concepts, Hypothesis Development and Testing,
Methods, Qualitative and
Qualitative)
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
(Basic, Intermediate and Advanced)
• ATLAS.ti
• NVivo
• Elan
• Journler
• QDA
• Deploying GTDs
• Amos (Structural Equation Modeling)
• HLM (Hierarchical Linear Modeling)
• EndNote
• Microsoft Access – Relational Database
(Creation, Application, etc.)
• Film and Audio Data Capture, Management,
and Analysis (FCP, FCE, PT, etc.)
• Customized Technology Training
Workshops and Seminar Series
(Collaborative)
• Grantsmanship (OSPR/IRB/DEV)
• Research Ethics (ORP/IRB)
• Compliance - Human Research subjects
Protection Guidelines
• Participatory Action Research
• Navigating DePaul Systems for External
Funding (OSPR/IRB/ORP/CGIA/OGC)
• Developing a Research Agenda
3. Exposure to Media
4. Involvement in Public Policymaking
5. Reserve Conference Space:
Conference space could be reserved for workshops, meetings,
brownbag sessions. The
conference space is equipped with a projector and a laptop
with internet access.
6. Reserve Lab Space:
The Macro and Micro labs are available to conduct trainings,
workshops and brownbag
sessions. The Macro lab is equipped with 15 iMAC (to run dual
platform – Windows and MAC)
and 7 PCs; statistical, GIS, audio-video, graphic designing
software; accessories such as
cameras, recorders, binding equipment, printers, fax
machines, scanner, projector, etc. The
Micro lab is equipped with 4 PCs and specialized statistical
software.
7. Research Resources:
Research resources include the data repository of public,
private datasets; specialized
software, hardware, audio-video equipment and resources;
evaluation inventory;
grantsmanship library; and other external resources to
support research.
• Data Repository (Public, Private and SSRC
Datasets)
• Software (GIS, specialized statistical
applications, audio-video, transcription software,
graphic designing
software)
• Hardware (MAC/Windows)
• Audio-Visual Data Gathering and Analysis
Resources
• Evaluation Inventory
• Grantsmanship Library (Funding resources)
• Lab Resources (MAC/Windows machines;
statistical, GIS, audio-video, graphic designing
software; accessories –
cameras, recorders, binding equipment, printers, fax machines,
scanner, projector, etc.)
• Conference Space Resources (projector,
laptop, internet access)
• Other External Resources |
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