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A wide range of data at GESIS

Over 7,000 studies on social science topics are available for secondary analysis in our data archive. The GESIS data archive is one of the most comprehensive in the German-speaking world and is certified with the Core Trust Seal as a trustworthy digital repository.

You can download the studies and the associated documentation easily and user-friendly from our data catalog.

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Large and complex data sets

And this is what you will find with us: long time series, intercultural and multimodal survey data, linkable with other data types and in high data quality including comprehensive documentation.

German survey data

Methodically exciting, broadly diversified in the research topics and of high quality:

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New data - digital behavioral data

Digital behavioral data from social media campaigns linked with survey data:

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New methods, new data formats: Digital behavioral data

Digital behavioral data helps to complete the picture of society and supplements the results from surveys. We develop new methods and services for collecting digital behavioral data and make them available to you for your research.

GESIS AppKit

With the GESIS AppKit you can collect smartphone-based survey and sensor data.

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GESIS Web Tracking

GESIS Web Tracking is our research software for recording browser-based online behavior.

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GESIS Panel DBD

The GESIS Panel Digital Behavioral Data Sample is the new sample in the GESIS Panel cosmos and combines online surveys with web tracking data.

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Do you need support?

We can help you - individually with our consulting and standardized with our GESIS Guides.

Consulting

We offer you individual consulting on the collection and analysis of survey data and digital behavioral data. Consulting from researchers for researchers - our GESIS consultants are experts in their field. Just ask us!

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GESIS Guides

Our expertise bundled in the GESIS Guides, our knowledge box for you. There you will find structured information and practical recommendations for action relating to survey data and digital behavioral data.

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