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What is <odesi>?
<odesi> is a web-based
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data
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exploration,
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extraction
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and
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analysis
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tool.
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It
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is
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the
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product
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of
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a
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unique
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partnership
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between
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university
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libraries,
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business,
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and
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government,
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which
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greatly
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improves
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access
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to
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statistical
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data
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for
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researchers,
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teachers,
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and
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students.
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<odesi>
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provides
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researchers
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the
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ability
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to
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search
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for
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survey
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questions
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(variables)
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across
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thosands of
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datasets
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held
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in
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a
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growing
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number
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of
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collections.
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<odesi>
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supports
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basic
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tabulation
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and
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analysis
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online,
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and
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allows
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for
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the
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downloading
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of
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most
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datasets
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into
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statistical
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software
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for
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further
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analysis.
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<odesi>
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provides
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unprecedented
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access
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to
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extensive
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collections
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of
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polling
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and
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social
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survey
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data.
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Key
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polling
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data
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collections
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include:
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and
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's
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public-use
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survey
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data
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forms
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the
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core
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of
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<odesi>'s
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social
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survey
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data
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holdings.
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<odesi>
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is
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expanding
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its
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survey
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data
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to
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include
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other
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national
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and
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international
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data
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sources.
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<odesi>
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is
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of
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benefit
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to
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both
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the
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experienced
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and
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beginning
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researcher.
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It
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introduces
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undergraduates
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to
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data
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literacy
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and
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data
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discovery
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at
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an
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early
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stage
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in
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their
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careers;
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it
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provides
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the
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experienced
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researcher
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the
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ability
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to
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search
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immediately
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across
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hundreds
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of
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datasets
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and
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collections,
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allowing
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for
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faster
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and
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more
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meaningful
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data
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reviews,
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and
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instant
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access
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to
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data
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for
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further
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study.
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<odesi>
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was
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developed
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from
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2007
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to
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2009
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as
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a
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jointly
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funded
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project
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between
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the
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and
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. As of October 2009, the <odesi> project becomes an ongoing service within the highly successful Scholars Portal model.
Contact Us
For any questions/help regarding ODESI, contact us odesi-help@scholarsportal.info
Contributors
<odesi> benefits from the contributions of many OCUL members including those that participate in the OCUL ODESI Markit! Program, the collaborative group responsible for selection, deposit, curation, DDI markup, and maintenance of the ODESI data collections. The OCUL Markit! Program provides funding to OCUL participants for student assistance to maintain the collections.
Markit! Program Commitee:
- University of Ottawa
- Carleton University
- McMaster University
- Queen's University
- University of Toronto
Past participants:
- Laurentian University
- Wilfrid Laurier University
- Western University
- Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)
- Brock University