Phase 4: Data analysis

You require unique, specific methods to analyze your data or draw upon other data sources for comparison? We offer consultation, make data available for secondary analysis or for reference and also offer a special data service.

Studies often contain various different types of data, requiring special knowledge beyond the usual methodological know-how. The newly collected data is usually compared with results from other studies to obtain an overall, complete picture of the research subject. We offer consultation and support for your data and reference data analysis as well as during the secondary analysis.

Data service for secondary analysis

The data archive provides access to survey data from the total holding of more than 5000 studies. Use our data service!

Survey data for secondary analysis:

Frequently requested and especially prepared survey data are presented as data collections, with focus on social monitoring (longitudinal studies), on international comparative survey research and on elections studies.

The data catalogue (DBK) provides access to survey data from the total holding of more than 5000 studies.   

Official microdata service:

Easy to use and clearly organized metadata searches and more in the microdata system MISSY as well as microdata tools for further data processing.

Historical social research data

Historical microdata, time series, collective biographies and studies with macrodata can be found in the data inventory of the GESIS archived historical studies.

Social indicators:

Online information with social indicators as well as detailed information on development of German and European societies of the last decades.

Software:

  • TEXTPACK: Program for computer-aided text and content analysis
  • NSDstat: Easy to use statistics program for exploratory data analysis