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ICPSR Teaching Resources

How to search for and use data found in ICPSR, a data archive for social and political science research.

ICPSR Open Education Resources

ICPSR has a "Teaching and Learning" tab with specially designed resources especially for teaching undergraduate students. While any of ICPSR's data and tools can be used in the classroom, the ones ICPSR provides make it easy for instructors to set up data-driven learning experiences. The materials can be used broadly under a Creative Commons (attribution) License. Resources featured include:

Data Driven Learning Guides - Choose from one of over 50 exercises used to teach concepts in social science utilizing the SDA online data analysis tool.

For a more in-depth approach there are exercise modules that contain several related activities: