Data Case Study 5#

Take a look at the landing page for the dataset:
California Department of Corrections Data
https://doi.org/10.3886/E108602V2

california corrections data

With the information shown above, and using the link provided, answer the following questions:

Background#

Questions

  1. Why was the data collected?

  2. What are the limitations of the data?

Publisher / Host#

Questions

  1. Where is the data hosted?

  2. Is there a theme or subject focus to the repository?

  3. What other types of data would you expect to find there?

  4. What does the following file tell you about the data?

  • california_county_prison_admissions_codebook_1993_2010.pdf

Citation#

Questions

  1. How would you cite the data?

  2. Is there an example or recommendation?

Result

Kaplan, Jacob. California Department of Corrections Data . Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-01-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/E108602V2

Licensing#

Questions

  1. Are you allowed to reuse this dataset?

  2. How do you know?