Paul,
We are definitely planning on geting the 2008 NES into the ICPSR
online data analysis system by the fall-- in fact, earlier than that.
Hopefully, it will be available in that form by mid-July.
Bill
At 03:20 PM 4/29/2009, Paul Gronke wrote:
>I offer a course every year called "Introduction to Political
>Behavior" (syllabus here:
>http://people.reed.edu/~gronkep/pol210-f06/index.html) . The class
>is sort of a weird amalgam of intro to political science,
>baby rational choice and formal theory, and some stats. In essence,
>the students walk through the rationality of voting, the paradox of
>(non)voting, social / institutional "solutions" to the paradox of
>voting, and here write a paper analyzing data on turnout.
>
>What I'm reconsidering is the substantive hook for the course, which
>relies heavily on Rosenstone and Hansen. The book is getting a bit
>old, which does not bother me much, but it's also long for the
>purposes to which I put it. I was thinking of substituting a book on
>the 2008 election and have students analyze data related to that year.
>
>The questions I have are two:
>
>1) Does anyone know if the 2008 NES will be on the SDA system
>(sda.berkeley.edu) or the ICPSR online data analysis system
>(http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cgi-bin/SDA-ID/ICPSR/hsda?icpsr+04245-0001
>) by Fall?
>
>2) Anyone have suggestions for a good book / reader on the 2008
>election that hopefully covers turnout and participation and might
>also have an analytical or spatial bent?
>---
>Paul Gronke Ph: 503-517-7393
>Professor Fax:
>Reed College
>3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.
>Portland OR 97202
>http://www.reed.edu/~gronkep
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