BRITISH
COLUMBIA INTER-UNIVERSITY
University
of Victoria Branch
Location: Room 016A, McPherson Library
The Centre is located on the lower level of the McPherson (main) library,
at the back of the microform room. From the bottom of the main stairwell, keep
to the left.
Telephone: 853-3196 (ext 3196 from on-campus)
E-mail: rdc@uvic.ca
Mailing Address:
BRITISH
COLUMBIA INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH DATA CENTRE University of Victoria Branch
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 Stn CSC
Victoria, BC
V8W 2Y2
Branch Academic Director: Douglas Baer, Sociology
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About the Centre
The British Columbia
Inter-university Research Data Centre (BCIRDC) is a research facility of Simon
Fraser University, the University of British Columbia, and the University of
Victoria. The Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the BC Knowledge Development
Fund provided support for the establishment of the BCIRDC, and operating
support is provided by Simon Fraser University, the University of British
Columbia, the University of Victoria, the Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council and Statistics Canada.
The BCIRDC provides access, for approved projects, to selected Statistics Canada confidential microdata household, population and workplace files, including:
· Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS)
· Ethnic Diversity Survey (EDS)
· General Social Survey (GSS selected cycles)
· Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants
to
· National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
(NLSCY)
· National Population Health Survey (NPHS)
· Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID)
· Workplace and Employee Survey (WES)
· Youth in Transition Survey and the Programme for
International Student Assessments (YITS-PISA)
Statistics
Canada Presentation on Datasets Available at RDCs and Publication Opportunities
Access to confidential microdata from other Statistics Canada surveys can also be
arranged for approved projects.
The main BCIRDC site is at the
University of British Columbia. It is open from 9am until 5pm with occasional
evening hours. The University of Victoria Branch was opened in the summer of
2006 to alleviate the enormous travel time burden faced by University of
Victoria researchers wishing to make use of the centre. In addition to grant
support, capital funding was provided by the Office of the Provost, and
operating costs are underwritten by the Vice-President (Research) and the
following faculties: Social Science; Human and Social Development; Education;
Humanities; Graduate Studies; Business Administration; Island Medical Program.
University of Victoria Branch
The University of
Victoria branch centre grants researchers direct access to the confidential microdata from Statistics Canada surveys. Data must be
analyzed within the centre. Any results to be taken out of the centre must be approved
by the Statistics Canada Analyst at the UBC site. When a researcher wishes to
seek approval for a "release", the files are encrypted and sent via
courier to the main site, where the Statistics Canada analyst will approve
files for release and email them (if approved) back to the researcher. Within
the University of Victoria site, results may be printed and retained within the
centre, but they may not be removed from the centre without going through the
data release process.
The University of Victoria facility houses a closed local area network with a powerful server and backup facilities. There are presently six user workstations in the centre. All workstations have the following statistical software in addition to MS Office applications:
· SPSS (v.18)
· SAS (v.9.2)
· Stata (v.11) [Intercooled version: 3 computers; SE
version: 2 computers]
· Stat/Transfer (v.8)
· LISREL (v. 8.72)
· HLM (v. 6)
· R
· WinBUGs
In addition, MPLUS (v. 6) and AMOS are located on single machines within the centre. Additional software will be acquired as resources permit when there is a demonstrated need.
Access and the Approval Process
Powerpoint Slides from Most Recent RDC Information Session
for New Users and Interested Researchers
For more information
click here
Related Regional Data Centre Information and
Resources
· BC (UBC) Regional Data Centre
Web Page
· Full list of RDC
release datasets. (Note that additional datasets, not listed here, can also
be released to RDCs).
· Home page: Canada Research Data Centre
Network
· Statistics
Canada RDC Network page
· Project
Application Process and Guidelines (Stat Can web page)
Recent and
Future Events (Stats Seminars, etc.)
Periodically,
special lectures and seminars are presented on the campus of the University of Victoria
for advanced topics of interest to RDC researchers and others in the academic
community. Doug Baer regularly gives seminars on Structural Equation Models and
we have also had seminars on multi-level modeling. Possible future topics
include survey sampling and longitudinal data analysis. Information concerning
possible seminars and lectures in 2011-2012 will be posted here.
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) - Workshop
June 23-26, 2011
This workshop is sponsored by Population Data BC in partnership with the Division of Continuing Studies, UVic
Structural equation models (also referred to as “SEM models”) have become popular in the applied health sciences as well as the Social Sciences. A strong feature of structural equation models is that they allow for the estimation of parameters in models with multiple indicators for each construct. SEM models have also provided an approach to the estimation of parameters in growth curve models for longitudinal data and to the problem of the unbiased estimation of parameters in the presence of missing data.
This workshop will introduce participants to the mathematical underpinnings of SEM models, emphasizing practical applications in current statistical approaches using MPlus software. Topics will include: the relationship between path models and SEM models; conceptualizing latent variable-manifest variable relationships; assessing the fit of models and using diagnostics to improve models; simultaneous analysis of models in multiple groups; models for non-normally distributed data; models for means and intercepts and an introduction to growth curve models and other models for panel (longitudinal) data.
This workshop is sponsored by Population Data BC, in partnership with the Division of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria.
Pre-requisites: Participants should have a reasonably strong background in multiple regression (including dummy variable regression). Some experience with or knowledge of factor analysis would be beneficial but is not essential.
To register, contact Continuing Studies with course code ASHG105 at:
Reception and Registration
2nd Floor, Continuing Studies Building
P (250) 472-4747
F (250) 721-8774
register@uvcs.uvic.ca