SJSU Research Guides: Child & Adolescent Development: ChAD 165

Citing Data Sets

APA Guide to Citing Data
OWL Purdue - Electronic Sources
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Example via OWL Purdue:

Format: Lastname, F. M. or Name of Group (Year). Title of dataset (Version No.) [Data set]. Publisher. DOI or URL

Example: Grantmakers in the Arts. (2019). Arts funding trends, United States, 1994-present (ICPSR 37337) [Data set]. National Archive of Data on Arts & Culture. https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/NADAC/studies/37337

Background (Tertiary) Sources - Data and Statistics

Looking for data, statistics or more background research on your topic? Check out the following databases and government resources to search for reliable numbers on your topic.

Crime in the United States This link opens in a new window
Nationwide overview of crime based on statistics contributed by state and local law enforcement agencies. Covers violent crime, property crime, motor vehicle theft, arson. Also gives data on offenses cleared, persons arrested, weapons used in violent crime, and statistics about law enforcement personnel. Also check out the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program consists of four data collections: The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), the Summary Reporting System (SRS), the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) Program, and the Hate Crime Statistics Program.
Health United States This link opens in a new window
A resource for trends in health statistics, including birth and death rates, infant mortality, life expectancy, morbidity and health status, risk factors, use of ambulatory care and inpatient care, etc.
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Social Explorer is a web-based mapping and data visualization tool that allows you to explore 500,000+ data indicators and over 220 years of data for the United States including all Decennial Censuses, American Community Surveys and many other datasets. The interface lets users create maps and reports to better illustrate, analyze and understand markets, voting, poverty, aging populations, ethnicity and race, spending patterns, health indicators, crime, environment, education, and more.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Provides access to over 1 million statistics for these topics: industries; consumer goods; internet; media & advertising; retail & trade; sports & recreation; technology & telecommunications; transportation & logistics; and travel, tourism & hospitality. Also available are government statistics, such as unemployment rates, births, and deaths. For business research, outlook reports, market research reports, country reports, dossiers, surveys, and industry reports are available.
U.S. Census This link opens in a new window
The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy. Statistics are organized by themes, or topics, making it easier for you to find what you need.

Center for Disease Control (CDC): Data and Statistics
Department of Education: Data and Statistics
Department of Justice Statistics
HealthData.gov
National Center for Health Statistics
Information, statistics, and reports from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Four Areas of Research

In this assignment, we are looking at four different areas of research relating to our topic. They are:

Negative developmental outcomes
Risk factors
Protective Factors
Prevention and/or intervention

Searching for Risk Factors

Most articles won't spell out that something is a risk factor for your topic, so it may be necessary to brainstorm keywords to help you find those articles. You may even come across research where something that looks like a risk factor is actually another one of the other three areas of research (e.g. a developmental outcome).

For example, if I was trying to research what some potential risk factors for becoming an intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetrator, I could add into my search keywords such as: ("risk factor" OR "low self-esteem" OR "juvenile delinquency" OR "antisocial personality")