A Shared Computer Workstation and Storage System for Social Science Research

在国家科学基金的支持下，皇后学院将购买一个共享的计算机工作站和数据存储系统，以支持社会学系成员的研究活动。数据和设备也将提供给更多的科学家。该系统包括一个带有外设和软件的DEC 500 5/266，一个EXABYTE EXB-10H磁带点唱机系统和一个9gb的SCSI硬盘驱动器。9gb的硬盘空间将使获取和分析大型数据集成为可能。五个核心设施用户采用各种基于计算机的技术，包括以下要素：获取和分析非常庞大和复杂的数据集，如当前和历史的国内外人口普查和大型纵向研究；2. 基于最大似然的统计分析方法的实现；3. 使用可视化技术，包括三维绘图和地理信息系统。他们的研究方向是一些与社会相关的问题，包括：科学和工程领域男性和女性的职业轨迹；白人、黑人和拉丁裔男女在初高中阶段的数学和科学教育；纽约大都市区人口结构的变化；长期职业和收入分配的变化；移民潮对科学和工程劳动力市场的影响；9万余次工会组织运动成败的实证分析移徙趋势的影响；不同群体的通婚；关于家庭的历史变化；以及美国各地打击药物滥用、危害和使用的联盟的成败。这些项目中的每一个都涉及对大型数据集的复杂分析，该奖项提供的系统将使研究人员能够更有效地开展工作。皇后学院的社会学系规模庞大，学生人数众多。所提供的仪器将协助教师发挥其教学作用。

With National Science Foundation support, Queens College will purchase a shared computer workstation and data storage system to support the research activities of Sociology Department members. Both data and facilities will also be made available to a wider group of scientists. The system consists of a DEC 500 5/266 with peripherals and software, a EXABYTE EXB-10H tape jukebox system and a 9 gigabyte SCSI hard drive. The 9 gigabytes of hard drive space will make it possible to acquire and analyze large data sets. The five core facility users employ a variety of computer based techniques that include the following elements: 1. the acquisition and analysis of very large and complex data sets such as current and historical foreign and domestic censuses and large longitudinal studies; 2. the implementation of recently developed maximum likelihood based statistical analytic methods; 3. the use of visualization techniques including three dimensional graphing and geographical information systems. Their studies are directed towards a number of socially relevant questions including: the career trajectory of men and women in science and engineering; math and science education of white, black and Latino men and women in the middle and high school grades; changing demographic patterns in the New York metropolitan area; change in occupation and income distribution over a long time period; the impact of immigrant streams on science and engineering labor markets; empirical analyses of success or failure of over 90,000 union organizing drives; the impact of migration trends; intermarriage of various groups; historical changes with respect to the family; and the success or failure of coalitions throughout the US in combating substance abuse harm and use. Each of these projects involves complex analyses on large data sets and the system provided in this award will permit the researchers to pursue their work with increased effectiveness. Queens College has a large an active Sociology Department with a large student enrollment. The instrumentation provided will assist faculty in their teaching role.