Research Data Services @ Georgia State University Library: RDS@GSU ~
Our Services

TOOLS for DATA ANALYSIS

Quantitative/Statistical

• Excel 

• SPSS

• SAS 

• Stata 

• Mplus 

• Stat/Transfer 

• RDSAT 

Qualitative/Textual/Audiovisual

• NVivo (qualitative data analysis tool) 

METHODS for DATA ANALYSIS

• Basic Statistical Analysis 

• Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) 

• Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) 

• Network Analysis 

• Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Data 

• Mixed Methods 

• Qualitative Methods 

NOTE: RDS Team members work closely with students and faculty on research projects outside of course work. However, our class/course assistance is focused on software support for analysis and does not include tutoring for exams, study guides, or help with assignments that do not have a required software component.

MAPPING & DATA VISUALIZATION

• Social Explorer & SimplyAnalytics 

• PolicyMap

• Infographics 

• Tableau data visualization

FINDING DATA & STATISTICS

• Social science data (ICPSR, qualitative data, & more)

• Business data, consumer and marketing data, and international trade data 

• Bloomberg Terminal for real-time financial market data

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SURVEY DESIGN

• Qualtrics survey tool

• Survey Design and Implementation Assistance (survey/questionnaire design; survey implementation; survey analysis; applied sampling; total survey error) 

• Finding existing surveys and measurement scales for data collection

DATA MANAGEMENT

• Data cleaning 

• Database setup 

• Support writing data management plans for research grant proposals and managing data throughout the research life cycle