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This project aims to encourage and facilitate the use of hands-on data analysis in the courses taught in the Department of Sociology at UCLA. This website is designed to help faculty members enrich their teaching through the use of data in the classroom. We define "data analysis" quite broadly and have included not only tables and graphs but also maps and other non-numerical types of data. Nearly all of the resources provided here are simple and easy to use. Few require the use of statistical packages such as Stata or SPSS. Tables and graphs are in Excel or PDF format. All exercises that require special software use web-based software that is menu driven and quite easy to use.

We have designed this site with three types of users in mind:

• Faculty who use little "data analysis" in their lectures or assignments but who would include interesting tables and graphs on relevant topics in their lectures if these were accessible to them.

• Faculty who would assign data-oriented class assignments but need help in designing or finding interesting or relevant examples in their topic areas.

• Faculty who are quite adept at data-oriented resources who would benefit from a repository of information on data sources and classroom materials that they can add to their existing library of resources.

This project is supported by an Instructional Improvement Grant Award from the UCLA Office of Instructional Development. It has been undertaken by Rogers Brubaker, Margot Jackson, Martin Kreidl, Peter Li, Vida Maralani, and Brian Min.

NOTE: This site is currently under development. Please send any comments to Rogers Brubaker (brubaker@soc.ucla.edu).

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