The Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences 2 (QMSS 2) Research Networking Programme provides a focal point for methodological innovation and advancement. Through annual seminars and summer schools it promotes cutting-edge methods that will be disseminated to the new generation of European researchers. These seminars provide both the vision and the framework for planning the schools designed to train young European researchers in specific methods. Further details.
Eurostat publishes statistics on economic and monetary convergence, trade statistics, business statistics, social and regional statistics, agricultural, environmental and energy statistics.
Eurostat's website offers free access to download its data and electronic publications.
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has launched a new internet based data service for the global user community. It brings UN statistical databases within reach of users through a single entry point - http://data.un.org. Users can now search and download a variety of statistical resources of the UN system.
Polling data
The Dept of Political Science at TCD hosts a selection of opinion poll data. These can be accessed at the following websites:
Irish Opinion Poll Archive:
http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/IOPA/
Irish Elections Data Archive:
http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/elections/elections.html
EPUNet provides many resources of interest to those analysing the ECHP data, including a short user guide, a list of projects and publications and a register of queries and solutions.
17-06-09: Please note that as of today, the ISSDA server has moved to http://issda.ucd.ie. The server at http://www.ucd.ie/issda will no longer be updated, and will be deleted later this summer. Please update your bookmarks accordingly. This page should automatically redirect to the new home page. If this does not happen, please click here.
17-06-09: A consolidated dataset of the Irish National Election Study, comprising data from 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007, is now available. See INES.
22-05-09: Selected data from the Teagasc National Farm Survey 2007 is now available. See Teagasc
21-05-09: Data from the SILC 2007 is now available. See SILC
16-04-09: ISSDA is pleased to announce the launch of a PhD Scholarship, funding attendance at a four week session at the ICPSR Summer School in Quantitative Methods of Social Research . See ICPSR09.
07-01-09: Data from the Irish Study of Sexual Health and Relationships (ISSHR) 2006 are now available.
04-12-08: Selected Findings from the first three rounds of the European Social Survey are now available from the ESS website
20-11-08: ISSDA is pleased to announce the acquisition of a national subscription to the ICPSR data archive for all Irish universities. See ICPSR.
19-11-08: All Questionnaires held by ISSDA are now available from a single location. See Question Bank
03-11-08: Data from the QNHS Q2-2008 is now available. See QNHS.
22-04-08: The 2004/05 Household Budget Survey is now available. See HBS.
07-04-08: Irish data for Wave 3 of the ESS has been released. See ESS for details on accessing this data.
07-04-08: Irish data from the 2006 EU-SILC is now available. See SILC.
18-12-07: Please note that ISSP files from 2004 onwards are not available via ISSDA. See ISSP.
