Accessing the Datasets: 

1) Use the Pew Research Center's webpage, American Trends Panel Datasets, to browse the different "waves" of datasets. 

• You may be asked to log into your Pew Research Center Account

• Start at the bottom of the page and work backwards from Wave 128 to browse the most recent surveys

• Look at the summaries and reports created by the specific Wave for variability that is similar to what you are interested in studying for your project

• Make sure to pay close attention to the visuals. Study them carefully for how they were constructed

2) When you identify a report (or reports) created by a Wave's dataset... 

• Go to this GOOGLE FOLDER

• Find the sub-folder for the specific Wave

• Open the .csv file and convert it to a Google Sheet

• Save that file to your D.S.F.P. Folder

• Clean the dataset using the Codebook File or the Questionnaire File 

  • • • Clean the Header Row and ALL of the Responses

NOTE: I AM STARTING AT THE MOST RECENT WAVES AND WORKING BACKWARDS. IF YOU DO NOT SEE THE SPECIFIC WAVE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IN THE GOOGLE FOLDER, EMAIL ME AND I WILL GET TO THAT ONE NEXT. 

3) Want extra credit?? Talk to me about selecting one additional dataset to clean. 

• I must approve the dataset before you clean it if you want the credit for it.