SGER: DHS and NSF Collaboration: Creating an Archive of Preparedness and Homeland Security Survey Data

SES-0651287Gary LaFree马里兰大学，学院公园高后果事件的重大和持久影响，包括恐怖袭击、自然灾害和大规模事故，要求集中努力提高对恐怖主义、准备和恢复的了解。在国内和国际上，这些领域都有不同的研究历史。然而，这些信息还没有汇编成可供查阅和搜索的数据档案，以供研究活动使用。汇编这些领域的悠久历史和最近的研究可能会表明，这些研究相互重叠、相互矛盾或相互支持。例如，传播学、心理学、社会学、应急反应、政治学、土木工程、医学等领域的研究可能研究了类似的问题，但没有将这些领域结合在一起。必须整合这些信息，以帮助增进对恐怖主义的了解，并为未来的重大后果事件做好准备和应对规划。不同的个人和项目从美国和其他地方的受访者那里收集了调查数据，这些数据提供了对恐怖主义的态度、对威胁和风险的看法，以及对个人和机构应对各种类型灾难的准备的看法。该项目开发了一种机制，使研究人员和政策制定者更容易获得这些调查数据。更具体地说，它创建了与国土安全和备灾有关的国家和国际调查数据的档案。它将使用元数据分类系统来构建，以便利整合在不同背景下收集的数据。具体地说，它将：(1)作为学者和国土安全官员的信息交流中心，他们对更好地了解个人对恐怖主义、安全和准备的信念感兴趣。档案将通过互联网以几种格式向一系列受众开放。(2)扩大与国土安全和准备相关的假设的性质和类型，以供审查。例如，可以使用在不同地理区域和/或在不同时间段收集的数据对个人风险感知水平进行比较。这样的比较可以帮助我们了解各种情况下风险的决定因素。(3)促进未来调查的产生，特别是快速反应调查工具。随着研究人员继续构建新的调查工具，他们将能够轻松地审查数据档案，从早期的工具中找出有用的问题。

SES- 0651287Gary LaFreeUniversity of Maryland, College Park The significant and lasting effects of high consequence events, including terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and large-scale accidents call for a concentrated effort at increasing the understanding of terrorism, preparedness and recovery. A diverse history of research exists in these areas both nationally and internationally. However, this information has not been compiled into an accessible and searchable data archive to be available for research activities. Compiling the long history and recent research in these areas may show that studies overlap, contradict, or support each other. For instance, research in communication, psychology, sociology, emergency response, political science, civil engineering, medicine, and other fields may have examined similar issues but have not brought these fields together. It is vital that this information be integrated to help improve understanding of terrorism and preparedness and response planning for future high consequence events. Various individuals and programs have collected survey data from respondents in the United States and elsewhere that provides insights into attitudes toward terrorism, perceptions of threat and risk as well as perceptions of individual and institutional preparedness for disasters of all types. This project develops a mechanism that will make these survey data more accessible to researchers and policy makers. More specifically, it creates an archive of national and international survey data related to homeland security and preparedness. It will be constructed using a meta-data classification system to facilitate the integration of data collected in different contexts. Specifically, it will:(1) Serve as a clearinghouse for academics as well as homeland security officials interested in better understanding individual beliefs about terrorism, security and preparedness. The archive will be accessible to a range of audiences via the internet and in several formats.(2) Expand the nature and types of hypotheses related to homeland security and preparedness that can be examined. For example, comparisons of individual levels of risk perception could be conducted using data collected in different geographic regions and/or during distinct time periods. Such comparisons could help us understand the determinants of risk in a variety of contexts.(3) Facilitate the generation of future surveys, especially rapid-response survey tools. As researchers continue to construct new survey tools, they will be able to easily review the data archives to identify useful questions from earlier instruments.