How women drivers compare to men?How women drivers compare to men?

MALE(Column %)

FEMALE(Column %)

Better Drivers 9.5 21.5

As Good Drivers 46.9 53.5

Worse Drivers 36.0 13.2

Don’t Know 7.6 11.7

In general, do you think women make better drivers than men, as good,Or worse drivers?Canadian Gallup Poll, September 1955, #244

Should women have equal job Should women have equal job opportunity?opportunity?

MALE(Column %)

FEMALE(Column %)

Yes 29.8 36.7

No, Men First 65.2 56.3

Qualified 5.0 7.0

Do you think married women should be given special opportunity withmen to compete for jobs or do you think employers should give menfirst chance?Canadian Gallup Poll, May 1956, #248

What would you like for Christmas?What would you like for Christmas?

MALE(Column %)

FEMALE(Column %)

Large Appliances 9.3 23.3

Small Appliances 3.5 11.1

Clothing 11.6 23.9

Money 13.4 3.3

Non-material things …

44.8 18.7

Canadian Gallup Poll, November 1953, #233

Nuclear War v Communism?Nuclear War v Communism?

MALE(Column %)

FEMALE(Column %)

Fight Nuclear War

85.0 86.8

Live under Communism

15.0 13.2

Suppose you had to make the decision between fighting an all-outNuclear war, or living under communist rule – How would you decide?

Canadian Gallup Poll, November 1961, #292

Where is this data? How can I access it?Where is this data? How can I access it?

Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure Initiative

<odesi>

How did this come about?How did this come about?

• DDI – Data Documentation Initiative• “Standard” for marking up

metadata • Guelph is leader in Canada –

marking up files since 2000• Create an XML codebook for every

datafile we house in the DRC

How did this come about?How did this come about?

• More players want to be involved in DDI:• Carleton University• Queen’s University• University of Toronto• University of Western Ontario

• Need for a unified and coordinated approach

Funding for <odesi>Funding for <odesi>

• Two primary sources of funding:• Ontario Council of University

Libraries (OCUL)• $250,000

• Ontario Buys• $750,000

• In-kind contributions by partners

• $1.15 million over 3 years

Best Practices DocumentBest Practices Document

• Document available for all interested in creating DDI documents:• Lists recommended tags• Highlights recommended format(s)

• Sharing is now possible

One Stop Shopping…..One Stop Shopping…..

• Several files scattered throughout the province

• Ideal – one stop to access the files for all OCUL universities

• Scholars Portal houses Nesstar server for all Ontario Universities

Where are we now?Where are we now?

• Best Practices document is complete

• <odesi> website is up and running

• Data is being added daily – as of April 10 - there were 444 published studies

Next….Next….

• Statistics Canada files available through the Data Liberation Initiative

• Canadian Gallup Files - 1940s to 2000

Exciting new data….Exciting new data….

• IPSOS-REID – 1988 – 1995• National Angus Reid Polls• Monthly polls

• 2006 Online polls for the Jan 23 Federal election

• 2007 online polls for the Oct 11 Ontario Provincial election

A voyage in data discovery….A voyage in data discovery….

• <odesi> opens many doors:

• To new and interesting data • Students and faculty

• New partnerships