ICPSR automates its data processing and the volume of data files is large and very heterogeneous in quality, size, and characteristics. As a result, the setup files and ready-to-go files do not always work perfectly. This webinar will help you to anticipate and fix many of these common problems.
Title: ICPSR Webinar: When Setup Files Go Bad...Debugging your SAS, SPSS, and STATA code so it works!
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
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Congressional Budget Office reports $17 billion actually spent.
Dept. of the Treasury reports $115 billion actually spent.
"In CBO''s view, the stock investment and associated warrants should not be recorded on a cash basis but on a net present value basis, accounting for market risk, as specified in the Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act. CBO's preliminary estimate of $17 billion for the present value cost is included in its
estimate of $134 billion for the October deficit. However, CBO anticipates that the Treasury will report
the stock purchases on a cash basis. As a result, CBO estimates that the Treasury will report the October
deficit at $232 billion."
In short, we could see radically different claims of funds spent because of different methods of reporting the dollars committed. As always, you have to pay attention whenever someone starts quoting statistics...
]]>Making The Best Use Of Employer, Non-Employer Data
“Business definitions have always been tricky for researchers,” said Brian Headd, economist for the Office of Advocacy and co-author of the working paper. “It’s hard to determine what counts as a business. For instance, is there a minimum employee or revenue requirement, a length of time in business, or a contribution to owners income? He added, “Definitions are often based on convenience, such as what data is available to the researcher.”
1. RSS feed for latest economic indicators: http://www.bls.gov/feed/bls_latest.rss
2. Calender of all releases with the option to subscribe via *.ical/*.ics: http://www.bls.gov/schedule/news_release/
3. Guide to Data by Geography: http://www.bls.gov/guide/geography/
4. Tutorials: http://www.bls.gov/tutorial/home.htm
]]>Independent Expenditures - http://www.cfbreport.state.mn.us/dyncfb/cfbsearch5.php
Contributions Received by a Candidate - http://www.cfbreport.state.mn.us/dyncfb/cfbsearch1.php
Contributions Made by Individuals - http://www.cfbreport.state.mn.us/dyncfb/cfbsearch2.php
Contributions Received by Party Units or Political Committees - http://www.cfbreport.state.mn.us/dyncfb/cfbsearch3.php
Contributions Made by Party Units or Political Committees - http://www.cfbreport.state.mn.us/dyncfb/cfbsearch4.php
Political Party, Political Committee and Political Fund Reports - http://www.cfbreport.state.mn.us/rptViewer/viewRptsOther.php
On the Board home page, "Political Party Units" are listed as a separate link, but they're really a subset of the overall Political Party database.
Candidate Report of Receipts and Expenditures - http://www.cfbreport.state.mn.us/rptViewer/viewRptsCan.php
Lobbyist Disbursement Reports - http://www.cfbreport.state.mn.us/rptViewer/viewRptsLob.php
Data through 2008
Public Official Lists - http://www.cfboard.state.mn.us/po_lists.html
Reports in *.html; content undated.