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Getting Data Through the Back Door: Techniques for Gathering Data from State Agencies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2021

Emily Van Dunk
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Abstract

Graduate schools develop research skills primarily by teaching future social scientists quantitative and qualitative research methods. A solid understanding of these methods is necessary for conducting reliable research. Yet, these skills are unusable if we cannot access data in the first place. The goal of this article is to help researchers reduce some of the barriers to collecting data by describing several methods for obtaining data from state and local agencies.

Type
The Practical Researcher
Information
State Politics & Policy Quarterly , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , Summer 2001 , pp. 210 - 218
Copyright
Copyright © 2001 The American Political Science Association

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References

Van Dunk, Emily. 1997. School Choice in Cleveland and Milwaukee: What Parents Look For. Milwaukee, WI: Public Policy Forum.Google Scholar