Follow the instructions attached below.

Prompt 1 ● Variable name: immigrant

○ The question: There are different opinions about immigrants from other countries living in America. (By "immigrants" we mean people who come to settle in America.) How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?

○ the year(s) it was asked: 1996, 2004, 2014 ○ response options: inapplicable, no answer, do not know, agree strongly, agree,

neither agree or disagree, disagree, disagree strongly ○ Why this variable was interesting: This was interesting to me because I wanted to

see what questions are being asked using this variable. ● Variable name: famgen

○ The question: Number of family generations in household. ○ the year(s) it was asked: 1975-2022 ○ response options: one generation, 2 generation; children, 2 generations;

grandchildren, 3 generation; children grandchildren, 3 generations; children parents, 4 generations

○ Why this variable was interesting: I randomly thought of it and wanted to see what questions are asked about family generations.

● Variable name: relig ○ The question: What is your religious preference? Is it Protestant, Catholic,

Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? ○ the year(s) it was asked: 1972-2022 ○ response options: protestant, catholic, jewish, none, other, buddhism, hinduism,

muslim, orthodox, christian ○ Why this variable was interesting: I was curious to see the responses of this

variable over the years. ● Variable name: travel12

○ The question: In the past 12 months, that is, from (INSERT CURRENT MONTH) 1999/2001 through (INSERT CURRENT MONTH) 2000/02 have you used the Web to do each of these things:

○ the year(s) it was asked: 2000-2002 ○ response options: inapplicable, no answer, do not know, not available, yes, no. ○ Why this variable was interesting: I was curious to see travel was a common thing

that people did. ● Variable name: nataid

○ The question: We are faced with many problems in this country, none of which can be solved easily or inexpensively. I'm going to name some of these problems, and for each one I'd like you to name some of these problems, and for each one I'd like you to tell me whether you think we're spending too much money on it, too

little money, or about the right amount. First (READ ITEM A) . . . are we spending too much, too little, or about the right amount on (ITEM)?

○ the year(s) it was asked: 1973-2024 ○ response options: inapplicable, no answer, do not know, too little, about right, too

much ○ Why this variable was interesting: I searched foreign but there was no results.

● Variable name: travel12 ○ The question: In the past 12 months, that is, from (INSERT CURRENT MONTH)

1999/2001 through (INSERT CURRENT MONTH) 2000/02 have you used the Web to do each of these things:

○ the year(s) it was asked: 2000-2002 ○ response options: inapplicable, no answer, do not know, not available, yes, no. ○ Why this variable was interesting: I was curious to see travel was a common thing

that people did. ● Variable name: polabuse

○ The question: Are there any situations you can imagine in which you would approve of a policeman striking an adult male citizen?

○ the year(s) it was asked: 1973, 1075, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987 ○ response options: inapplicable, no answer, do not know, yes, no ○ Why this variable was interesting: I was curious to see the responses about police

abuse, as well as what questions are asked about this.

Prompt 2

● Choose a topic or issue that you’re interested. Explain why are you interested in this/what sorts of information are you looking for?

○ I searched the Israel-Palestine conflict because i am interested in learning more about the history of it and what the public’s opinion was in the past when social media was not as popular as it is today.

● Click the first one and get the following (whenever possible write in your own words but you can quote sections as needed):

○ Title: ABC News/Washington Post Poll, March-April 1989 (ICPSR 9243) ○ Principal investigators: ABC news/Washington Post Poll Series ○ What it does (see summary): monthly surveys that evaluate the Bush presidency

and public opinions on political and social issues. One of those issues was the US relationship with Israel and the conflict.

○ Citation: ABC News, and The Washington Post. ABC News/Washington Post Poll, March-April 1989. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-02-25. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09243.v1

○ Geographic coverage: United States ○ Methodology, specifically the universe: Adults aged 18 and over living in

households with telephones in the US in 1989

○ Copy the URL from your browser: https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/9243

○ does this sound like it will be useful/address what you’d hope it’d address if you wanted to use this data: i think this will be helpful in what I’d like to address about this conflict because it includes the publics opinion and the background of this conflict.

○ Title: CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #3, April 2002 (ICPSR 3694) ○ Principal investigators: CBS news/New york Times Poll Series ○ What it does (see summary): A series of monthly surveys that solicit public

opinion on the presidency as well as political issues. Those polled were asked whether they believed it was the responsibility of the United States to establish peace in the Middle East, and whether the United States should publicly support Israel.

○ Citation: CBS News, and The New York Times. CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #3, April 2002. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-04-29. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03694.v3

○ Geographic coverage: United States ○ Methodology, specifically the universe: Adults aged 18 and over living in

households with telephones in the US. ○ Copy the URL from your browser:

https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/3694 ○ Does this sound like it will be useful/address what you’d hope it’d address if you

wanted to use this data: i think this will be helpful in what I’d like to address about this conflict because it covers background of this conflict and it provides insight on what the US citizens think about how the US is handling and their involvement in Israel and Palestine.

○ Title: Arab Barometer: Public Opinion Survey Conducted in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia, 2016 (ICPSR 37029)

○ Principal investigators: Walid Alkhatib, et al. ○ What it does (see summary): Social survey that assessed citizen attitudes about

public affairs, governance, and social policy in the Arab world. The respondents were in the countries of Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Tunisia. The respondents were asked to give their opinion on the current overall and future economic condition of their countries, the current economic situation of their families, the safety of their locality, and levels of interpersonal trust.

○ Citation: AlKhatib, Walid, Robbins, Michael, Shutaywi, Musa, Jamal, Amaney A., Tessler, Mark A., Shiqaqi, Khalil, … Abderebbi, Mhammed. Arab Barometer: Public Opinion Survey Conducted in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco,

Palestine, and Tunisia, 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-17. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37029.v1

○ Geographic coverage: Middle East, Lebanon, Morocco, Egypt, Algeria, North Africa, Jordan, Tunisia, Palestine

○ Methodology, specifically the universe: the survey is designed to be nationally representative of non-institutionalized adults ages 18 and above

○ Copy the URL from your browser: https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/37029

○ Does this sound like it will be useful/address what you’d hope it’d address if you wanted to use this data: i think this will be helpful in what I’d like to address about this conflict because it covers background of this conflict and it provides insight on what citizens in the Middle East think about this conflict. Therefore, i have two sides of the conflict to analyze.

Prompt 3

● I want you to address the following: how easy or difficult was it to find data on things you’re interested in? In this case, did the GSS offer you potentially useful questions and did the ICPSR database turn up potentially useful datasets?

It was pretty difficult to find data on things I am interested in on the GSS. The key words I was inputting did not match the search results which made it harder to find what I was looking for. Whereas the ICPSR did turn up potentially useful data sets that I was interested in, and all 3 of the datasets were related to each other which helped me learn more about my topic. I probably would not use the GSS in the future while researching, but I would definitely use the ICPSR.