GSS: General Social Survey Competition 2022/2024

综合社会调查（GSS）提供了过去50年来美国人口态度和行为变化的基本信息。这些数据被广泛用于研究社会变化的复杂动态，是我们理解美国社会演变的核心。GSS还通过国际社会调查计划（ISSP）提供数据，以便与其他国家进行比较。在这个项目中，GSS/ISSP调查将持续到2022年和2024年。研究计划有三个主要目标。目标1：通过征集和开发新内容，加强GSS作为科学发现平台的作用。GSS/ISSP数据提供了一套丰富的、稳定的随时间推移的测量方法和阐明新的研究问题的新内容，从而使对社会变革进行系统的、理论驱动的实证研究成为可能。目标2：创新，随着调查环境的变化，继续收集最高质量的数据。由于传统调查模式的回复率持续下降，NORC将在2022年和2024年评估一种新的混合模式设计。这样的设计可能允许生成更大的实现样本，同时保持高标准的质量。目标3：扩大GSS/ISSP数据的传播和使用。GSS/ISSP项目已经是“美国国家科学基金会认为对每个美国人的生活产生重大影响的60项发现或进展”之一，进一步扩大对社会科学研究界以外数据的访问将扩大其影响。在这个项目中，通过更新网站和探索工具，以及通过增加与STEM领域的学生和其他用户的联系，扩大了数据的范围。为2024年GSS生成新内容使用了几种方法，包括从研究界征求赞助模块，进行模块竞赛，使用GSS作为收集后续面板数据的平台，以及通过与其他数据源的链接向GSS添加内容。为研究人员提供了一个具有成本效益的基于网络的GSS平台，以赞助后续调查模块。在2022/24年度，收集数据的主要模式仍然是面对面访谈（除非流行病限制仍然有效），但是，继续探索基于网络的数据收集，以确保GSS保持在社会科学研究的前沿。在2022年和2024年的每个周期中，目标是完成3500个病例（超过了最初要求的每个数据收集年至少2500个病例，增加了40%）。更大的样本量在亚人群中产生更多的病例。此外，GSS在实验基础上提供了从NORC的概率面板（AmeriSpeak）获得的2022年补充数据。通过及时发布公共使用数据，继续支持用户技术援助和GSS在课堂上的使用，以及制定战略以接触更多样化的用户，GSS对开放科学的承诺得以维持。通过对数据浏览器（GSS的主要数据访问工具）进行重大升级，数据传播得到加强。本项目由SBE/SES社会学项目和EHR/DUE IUSE项目资助。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The General Social Survey (GSS) provides basic information on the changing attitudes and behaviors of the American population over the past 50 years. These data are used widely to examine the complex dynamics of social change over time, and are central to our understanding of the evolution of US society. The GSS also provides data allowing comparisons with other countries through the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP). In this project, the GSS/ISSP surveys are continued into the 2022 and 2024 rounds. The research plan has three primary goals. Aim 1: Enhance the GSS as a platform for scientific discovery by soliciting and developing new content. The GSS/ISSP data enable systematic and theory-driven empirical research on social change by furnishing both a rich set of stable measures over time and new content that illuminates new research issues. Aim 2: Innovate to continue collecting data of the highest quality as the survey environment changes. As response rates continue to fall for traditional survey modes, NORC is evaluating a new mixed-mode design in 2022 and 2024. Such a design may allow generation of an even larger realized sample while maintaining high standards for quality. Aim 3: Expand dissemination and use of the GSS/ISSP data. The GSS/ISSP project is already one of “60 discoveries or advances that NSF believes have led to a large impact or influence on every American’s life,” and further expanding access to the data beyond the social science research community amplifies its impacts. In this project, the reach of the data is expanded both through updated websites and exploration tools and through increased outreach to students and other users in STEM fields.Several approaches are used to generate new content for the 2024 GSS, including soliciting sponsored modules from the research community, conducting a module competition, using the GSS as a platform for collection of follow-up panel data, and adding content to the GSS through linkage to other data sources. A cost-effective GSS web-based platform is made available for researchers to sponsor follow-up survey modules. The primary mode of data collection remains face-to-face interviews in 2022/24 (unless pandemic restrictions are still in effect), however, web-based data collection continues to be explored to ensure that the GSS remains at the forefront of social science research. In each cycle in 2022 and 2024, 3,500 completed cases are targeted (which exceeds the original required minimum of 2,500 per data collection year, and represents a 40% increase). This larger sample size yields more cases across sub-populations. In addition, the GSS provides supplementary data in 2022 derived from NORC’s probability panel (AmeriSpeak) on an experimental basis.. The GSS commitment to open science is maintained through the prompt release of public use data, continued support of user technical assistance and GSS use in the classroom, and the development of strategies for reaching a more diverse set of users. Data dissemination is enhanced through a substantial upgrade to the Data Explorer, the primary data access tool for the GSS. This project is supported by the Sociology Program in SBE/SES and by the IUSE Program in EHR/DUE.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.