Important Sociology Schools & Research Centers

Abt Associates
Major research center performing research and evaluation, strategy, planning, and policy, consulting, implementation, and technical assistance on a wide range of social, health, economic, and other po...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Abt Associates reports (fulltext)

EPPI-Centre : Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre
Provides systematic reviews and evidence-based research on social policy, especially health behaviors....   [more]
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MDRC
Also Known as: Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
Social policy research organization focusing on improving the well-being of low-income people, especially educational reform, children and family, including afterschool care and child care, workers an...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    MDRC Publications (many in fulltext PDF)

Measure DHS
Also Known as: Demographic and Health Surveys
USAID-funded program to collect and analyze demographic and health data for regional and national family planning and public health programs. Includes STATcompiler and HIV/AIDS Survey Indicators Datab...   [more]
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Also Known as: News Interest Index, Pew Global Attitudes Project
Research center polling public attentiveness to major political and public policy issues and to the media. Includes cross-national Pew Global Attitudes Project. News Interest Index polls Americans on ...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Pew Center survey data sets (free downloading)
    News Interest Index -- most closely watched news stories of the decade
    Pew Global Attitudes Project

Transparency International
Global civil society organization opposing corruption in more than 90 countries. Web site includes regional pages, reports, and tools for measuring, evaluating, and fighting corruption. Web site provi...   [more]
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