People & Society Overview
Related Websites and Other Resources

Science and Engineering Statistics
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/
Data related to the scientific enterprise.

NORC's General Social Survey (GSS)
http://www.norc.uchicago.edu/projects/gensoc.asp
Tracks trends in U.S. opinions.

The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/
Tracks families to collect data on economic, health and social behavior (about 8,000 families since 1968).

The American National Election Studies (ANES)
http://www.electionstudies.org
Tracks voter and electoral campaign behaviors.

Vecon Lab
http://veconlab.econ.virginia.edu/introduction.htm
Explores scientific game theory and offers games online.

Harvard University/Banaji research
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~banaji/
Mahzarin Banaji's work on implicit social cognition.

The Roots of Sociality
http://www.hss.caltech.edu/roots-of-sociality
Jean Ensminger, Herbert Gintis and Joseph Henrich conduct experiments using economic games.

Center for Research on Culture, Development, and Education
http://education.nyu.edu/crcde/
One of six children's research initiative centers.

MIT Technology and Policy Program
http://tppserver.mit.edu/
Describes an integrative education program for those who wish to lead technological development by implementing responsible policies for the benefit of humankind.

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