ISSP DataWizard

Staff: Markus Quandt (ZA), Dr. Udo Riege, Siegfried Schomisch, Robert Strötgen, Rolf Uher (ZA)
Project leader: Dr. Maximilian Stempfhuber
Contact: Dr. Maximilian Stempfhuber

Project description:

The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) annually performs empirical surveys in over 30 countries on a joint topic. The individual studies are brought together and stored by the Central Archives for Empirical Research (ZA) in Cologne. ISSP DataWizard, a tool made available in cooperation with ZA, supports working procedures which were previously performed manually. Through rule based checks, automation of partial steps and the visualization of certain conditions the work becomes more efficient, easier and less susceptible to mistakes. Via XML and the DTD of the Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) an open and standardized exchange format between the partners and to other projects is provided. The Java/Swing application can be used on all Java enabled platforms.
The software is in test run since April 2004.

Project partner:

• Zentralarchiv für Empirische Sozialforschung an der Universität zu Köln 

Publications:

• Strötgen, Robert; Uher, Rolf (2002): ISSP DataWizard - computerunterstützte Zusammenführung und Archivierung internationaler Umfragedaten. S. 48 - 59. In: Statistisches Bundesamt, Wiesbaden (Hrsg.): Aspekte internationaler und interkultureller Umfragen. Stuttgart: Metzler-Poeschel. (Spektrum Bundesstatistik; Bd. 20)
• Strötgen, Robert; Uher, Rolf: ISSP DataWizard. Computer Assisted Merging and Archiving of Distributed International Comparative Data. In: IASSIST Quarterly 2000, Vol. 24, Nr. 4, S. 13 - 18 (  pdf-file, 323 KB)