Contribute to the course discussion board by posting the URL of two databases that could be used in educational research. You might suggest a database from your community/organization or a national database. For each of the databases, provide a brief summary of the information one can find there and the organization(s) behind the database. (HINT: Think about secondary data sources that you might find helpful to conducting your own dissertation/capstone research.) Respond to the discussion and at least 2 of your peers.
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Walter;
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/Home/UseTheData
This comprehensive data set contains data from all providers of postsecondary education and is
compiled by the Department of Education?s National Center for Education Statistics? (NCES).
This data set is compiled from NCES?s core postsecondary education data collection program.
The annual information is obtained from nine different surveys completed by over 7000
postsecondary education institutions with over 250 variables. Data areas include enrollment,
program completion and graduation rates, human resources, institutional costs, student financial
aid, and library services (IPEDS, 2015).
IPEDS has a data trends generator as well as the
ability for the user to create statistical tables and custom reports.
IPEDS Data Center User Manual. (2015). National Center for Education StatisticsRetrieved May
14, 2017, from: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/IPEDSManual.pdf
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Databases, Tables & Calculators by Subject
https://www.bls.gov/data/
This data repository is sponsored by the United States Department of Labor and provides
access to 15 subject areas such as inflation and prices to unemployment and employment
projections. Each of the subject areas have sub categories of data. The site is useful for
obtaining statistics on business sectors or areas of the country.
In each sub-category, the
?Special Notice? selection provides a current narrative on the data set. Most useful in sub-
categories is the ?Top Picks? selection that provides a list of the most sought after data.
The
BLS data repository also provides data in downloadable text or PDF table formats.
I have used both of the data sets and I encourage you to take a test drive.
Mark;
National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE)
http://www.researchconnections.org/childcare/studies/35519#matchingVars
This database is called the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) and it is
composed of data from 4 surveys which include households with children under 13, home-
based providers, center-based providers and center-based provider workforce all taken in 2012.
The purpose of the survey is to document and provide an understanding of the current use and
availability of early childhood care and education for families in the United States.
The focus is
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on low-income families and their access to early care and education.
This survey was funded
by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
The data provides both the
families perspective on what is available in the way of early care and education and the
providers perspective.
The data also provides how low-income children are cared for and how
that care may vary across communities.
The website details how the cross-sectional data were
obtained via the surveys.
There are over 21,000 variables that can be queried with this
database and the information is free to the public.
Department of Health and Human Services. (2012). National Survey of Early Care and
Education. Retrieved May 15, 2017, from:
http://www.researchconnections.org/childcare/studies/35519#matchingVars
My Brother’s Keeper Key Statistical Indicators on Boys and Men of Color
https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/my-brothers-keeper-key-statistical-indicators-on-boys-and-men-
of-color
This data base which is an interagency formulation is coordinated and collected by My Brother?s
Keeper (MBK) Initiative whose aim is to improve educational and life outcomes in young boys
and men of color.
Data from many government agencies are utilized and cross tabulated to
focus on the well-being of young boys and men of color.
There are hundreds of variables
available including education level, medical status, reading status, family characteristics,
financial status and many more demographics.
The information is free to use by the public and
would be very useful when performing studies about young men of color, which include African
Americans, American Indians and Latina Americans.
My Brother?s Keeper Initiative. (2017). My Brother’s Keeper Key Statistical Indicators on Boys
and Men of Color. Retrieved May 15, 2017, from:
https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/my-brothers-keeper-key-statistical-indicators-on-boys-and-men-
of-color
Brian;
Educational Testing Service, Test Database http://www.ets.org/test_link/about/
I begrudgingly add this database as the for-profit ETS is responsible for huge tests like the
Praxis and GRE thus drawing the ire of many educators.
However, their test database in the
self-purportedly the largest test database in the world.
Beyond standardized tests that we all
know so well, this database has almost every test used in the United States on a significant
scale and many from abroad. When reading an article that mentions a specific valid and reliable
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