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Studies: 491

Study of Life Transitions (MSALT), 1983 - 1985 by Jacquelynne S. Eccles Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of changes in classroom and family environments on adolescents' achievement-related beliefs, motives, values, and behaviors. A sample ...	hdl:1902.1/01015 70 downloads + analyses Updated: Oct 28, 2009
Careers, Marriage, Identity, and Feminism: Women's Life-Choices in the Seventies, 1975 by Charlotte Weissberg (Deceased) Abstract: This study examined the personalities of a group of college women and their interactions with social institutions. The focus was on the relationship between the changes in values and ideas brought about ...	hdl:1902.1/00341 77 downloads Updated: Oct 19, 2009
Index of African Governance - 2009 Release by Robert I. Rotberg; Rachel M. Gisselquist Abstract: The Index of African Governance is a project to measure and assess the quality of governance across Africa's fifty-three countries. It focuses on performance in five areas: Safety and Security; the ...	hdl:1902.1/13713 68 downloads Updated: Oct 1, 2009
Index of African Governance - 2008 Release by Robert I. Rotberg; Rachel M. Gisselquist Abstract: The Index of African Governance is a project to measure and assess the quality of governance across the forty-eight countries of sub-Saharan Africa. It focuses on performance in five areas: Safety and ...	hdl:1902.1/12705 168 downloads Updated: Oct 1, 2009
Iowa Youth and Families Project, 1989-2000 by Rand Conger Abstract: The project was launched in 1987 to investigate the human consequences of the Farm Crisis that began in the late 1970s and continued to affect rural America up to 1997, a decline more drastic than any ...	hdl:1902.1/10765 69 downloads + analyses Updated: Sep 16, 2009
MADICS Study of Adolescent Development in Multiple Contexts, 1991-1998 by Jacquelynne S. Eccles Abstract: The main purposes of this longitudinal study were to describe and understand the influences of social context on the psychological determinants of behavioral choices and developmental trajectories during ...	hdl:1902.1/01066 1790 downloads + analyses Updated: Jul 16, 2009
Family Transformations, 1981-1982 by Abigail J. Stewart Abstract: This longitudinal study examined differences among families in the process of divorce and the meanings and experiences of it for individual family members. The families in the study were recruited through ...	hdl:1902.1/00715 17 downloads Updated: Jun 30, 2009
Life Patterns Project: Follow-up of Patterns of Child-rearing, 1987-1988 by David C. McClelland; Carol Franz Abstract: In 1951, mothers of 5-year-old children in the Boston area were interviewed about their own and their husbands' parenting practices for a study by Sears, Maccoby, and Levin, Patterns of Child Rearing, 1951-1958 ...	hdl:1902.1/01012 27 downloads + analyses Updated: Jun 29, 2009
Replication data for: The Constraining Power of International Treaties: Theory and Methods by Beth A. Simmons; Daniel J. Hopkins Abstract: We acknowledge the contribution of von Stein (2005) in calling attention to the very real problem of selection bias in estimating treaty effects. Nonetheless, we dispute both von Stein’s theoretical ...	hdl:1902.1/12910 142 downloads + analyses Updated: Jun 23, 2009
Replication data for: A Method of Automated Nonparametric Content Analysis for Social Science by Daniel J. Hopkins; Gary King Abstract: The massive increase in text available in digital formats presents enormous opportunities for social scientists. Yet systematically hand coding a significant share of the available blogs, speeches, emails, web ...	hdl:1902.1/12898 225 downloads + analyses Updated: Jun 23, 2009