Visitors can use this page to learn of announcements, and identify major changes to the website since their last visit.
| 2014 |
| Jun-25-2014 | Please let interested persons know about our job posting
for a CSES Research Data Processing Officer at GESIS in Cologne, Germany. Applications are due by July 18, 2014.
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| Jun-16-2014 | CSES Announcement:
Announcing the 2014 GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship
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| May-23-2014 | Updated website navigation system. |
| Apr-27-2014 | The list of Module 4 Collaborators has been significantly updated. |
| Apr-09-2014 | CSES Announcement:
Outcome of Module 5 Planning Committee Nominations
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| Mar-28-2014 | CSES Announcement:
New online analysis system, new hire, and DOIs
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| Jan-29-2014 | CSES Announcement:
Final call for Module 5 proposals and two reminders
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| Jan-28-2014 |
The CSES Bibliography has been updated. It now contains 739 entries.
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| Jan-23-2014 | CSES Announcement:
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2014 GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship
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| 2013 |
| Dec-23-2013 | CSES Announcement:
Senior Researcher job opening in CSES Secretariat at GESIS in Mannheim, Germany
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| Nov-07-2013 | CSES Announcement:
Call for nominations for Module 5 Planning Committee members
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| Aug-22-2013 | CSES Announcement:
Deadline extended - Call for possible themes and questions for CSES Module 5
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| Aug-21-2013 | CSES Announcement:
Invitation to prize reception at APSA in Chicago
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| Jun-21-2013 | CSES Announcement:
Call for possible themes and questions for CSES Module 5
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| Jun-12-2013 | CSES Announcement:
Recipient of the 2013 GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship
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| Mar-27-2013 | CSES Announcement:
The Full Release of CSES Module 3 is now available for download. The CSES Module 3 Full Release contains 80,163 respondents from 50 election studies. All election studies from CSES Module 3 now appear in the file. An erratum is available that discusses other changes as of this release.
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| Mar-25-2013 | CSES Announcement:
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2013 GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship |
| Mar-24-2013 | The list of Module 3 Collaborators has been updated to reflect the upcoming CSES Module 3 Full Release. |
| 2011 |
| Nov-04-2011 | CSES Announcement:
Political Parties and Democratic Linkage: How Parties Organize Democracy, by Russell J. Dalton, David M. Farrell and Ian McAllister |
| Oct-07-2011 |
A link for the True European Voter research project has been added to the list of "Other Comparative Projects" on the About CSES page.
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| Aug-16-2011 | CSES Announcement:
invitation to reception at ECPR, and other updates. |
| Jul-22-2011 | The CSES Bibliography
has been completely reviewed and updated, it now contains 601 entries. |
| Jul-15-2011 | CSES Announcement:
CSES Module 4 questionnaire is now available |
| Jul-15-2011 |
CSES Module 4 is now officially in use. The questionnaire is available for download from the Collaborators page.
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| May-25-2011 | CSES Announcement:
Call for papers for workshop at IPSA 2012 |
| Apr-13-2011 | CSES Announcement:
Inaugural recipient of the GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship |
| Mar-31-2011 | CSES Announcement:
The Second Advance Release of CSES Module 3 is now available for download |
| Jan-13-2011 | CSES Announcement:
GESIS Klingemann Prize for the Best CSES Scholarship |
| Jan-11-2011 | CSES Announcement:
Book Release - Citizens, Context, and Choice: How Context Shapes Citizens' Electoral Choices, edited by Russell J. Dalton and Christopher J. Anderson |
| 2010 |
| Dec-23-2010 |
Posted information, pictures, and presentations from the Supporting Election Studies In Africa meeting held in Accra, Ghana in September 2010.
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| Oct-25-2010 |
A link for the Making Electoral Democracy Work research project has been added to the list of "Other Comparative Projects" on the About CSES page.
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| Oct-24-2010 |
CSES Secretariat employee Sebastian Netscher from the GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences has written the CSES Technical Report titled "Electoral Turnouts Reported in Modules 1 and 2". The report contains errata addressing turnout discrepancies in both CSES Module 1 and CSES Module 2.
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| Oct-24-2010 |
Two new CSES Module 3 errata have been posted for the March 29, 2010 version of the data release: "STATA syntax statements - numeric formats", and "SPSS portable files". |
| Oct-24-2010 |
Two new CSES Module 1 errata have been posted for the August 4, 2003 version of the data release: "Switzerland (1999) - Macro Variables A5031, A5032_1, A5032_3, A5034_1, A5034_3, A5035_1, and A5042", and "Great Britain (1997) - Macro Variables A5005_A-A5005_E, A5006_A-A5006_E, A5010, A5026_1, and A5027_1". |
| Oct-22-2010 |
A member list and contact information for the CSES Module 4 Planning Committee has been added. |
| Oct-18-2010 |
The Variable List has been updated with variables from the first Advance Release of CSES Module 3 (March 29, 2010 version) |
| Mar-29-2010 | CSES Announcement:
The First Advance Release of CSES Module 3 is now available for download |
| Jan-28-2010 |
Three new CSES Module 2 errata have been posted for the June 27, 2007 version of the data release: "Italy (2006) - B3037 (Like-Dislike - Parties) and B3038 (Left-Right - Parties)", "Chile (2005) - B3005_1 (Presidential Vote Choice in Current Election)", and "Chile (2005) - B3045 (Left-Right - Self)". |
| Jan-28-2010 |
A new CSES Module 1 erratum has been posted for the August 4, 2003 version of the data release: "United States (1996) - A5005-A5008 (Percent Vote and Seats)". |
| 2009 |
| Nov-23-2009 |
Posted working paper from McDonald to the page for the Toronto Conference and Plenary Session.
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| Nov-18-2009 |
Posted working papers from Gélineau/Morin-Chassé and Shastri to the page for the Toronto Conference and Plenary Session.
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| Nov-11-2009 | CSES Announcement:
Last Call for Module 4 Proposals (Deadline December 31, 2009) |
| Nov-06-2009 |
Posted working papers from Kittilson/Anderson, Milner, and Tossutti to the page for the Toronto Conference and Plenary Session.
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| Oct-19-2009 |
Posted information, pictures, and papers from the Conference and Plenary Session held in Toronto, Canada in September 2009.
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| Aug-12-2009 |
Posted information, pictures, and papers from the Conference and Planning Committee meeting held in Manchester, United Kingdom in December 2008.
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| Aug-10-2009 | CSES Announcement:
CSES Conference in Toronto |
| Aug-10-2009 | The description on the CSES home page has been translated into German. |
| Aug-04-2009 | CSES Announcement:
Free APSA Short Course - New Opportunities, New Challenges: The CSES & EES Data Sets |
| Jun-05-2009 | CSES Announcement:
Citizens, Context, and Choice conference at Cornell University |
| Jun-03-2009 | CSES Announcement:
Call for Papers |
| May-14-2009 | CSES Announcement:
New CSES Secretariat employees |
| May-14-2009 |
A link for the ACE Electoral Knowledge Network has been added to the list of "Other Comparative Projects" on the About CSES page.
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| May-05-2009 | CSES Announcement:
Book Release - The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, edited by Hans-Dieter Klingemann |
| May-04-2009 | CSES Announcement:
Marie Curie Initial Training Network in Electoral Democracy (ELECDEM) |
| Mar-04-2009 |
Two half-time CSES positions in Germany are posted on the GESIS job postings website. The application deadline is March 18, 2009. |
| Mar-03-2009 | CSES Announcement:
New cooperation between GESIS and Michigan on the CSES Secretariat |
| Feb-04-2009 |
Added Hans Rattinger as an ex-officio member of the CSES Module 3 Planning Committee.
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| 2007 |
| Nov-28-2007 | CSES Announcement:
Presentation Opportunity, and New Electoral Studies Society |
| Sep-12-2007 |
The CSES Bibliography has been updated; it now contains 405 entries |
| Sep-03-2007 | CSES Announcement:
CSES papers and presentations at the 4th ECPR General Conference in Pisa |
| Aug-22-2007 | CSES Announcement:
CSES papers and presentations at the APSA annual meeting |
| Aug-06-2006 |
The CSES Bibliography has been updated; it now contains 351 entries. |
| Jun-27-2007 |
The Full Release of CSES Module 2 is now available for download.
As of this release, ten new election studies have been added, bringing the total to 41.
All election studies from CSES Module 2 now appear in the file.
An erratum is available that discusses other changes as of this release.
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| Jun-26-2007 |
A new Researcher Contribution is available for download from the Data Center.
The contribution was prepared by Matias Bargsted and is titled "Complementary Macro Level Data for CSES Modules 1 and 2".
Included in the contribution are 43 variables on a wide range of topics not already covered by CSES macro data.
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| Jun-20-2007 | CSES Announcement:
Upcoming Panel, and Two Special Journal Issues |
| May-16-2007 |
Posted information, pictures, and agenda from the Conference and Regional Meeting held in Cologne, Germany in April 2007.
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| Apr-06-2007 |
Updated lists of Module 2 and Module 3 collaborators.
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| 2006 |
| Dec-04-2006 |
Posted papers by McAllister, Shastri, and Suri on the Bangalore 2006 Conference and Planning Committee meeting page.
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| Nov-30-2006 |
Posted information, pictures, and papers from the Conference and Planning Committee meeting held in Bangalore, India in November 2006.
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| Oct-13-2006 |
The CSES Bibliography has been updated; it now contains 307 entries. |
| Oct-09-2006 |
Chinese translations of the CSES homepage and About the CSES are now available. |
| Jun-26-2006 | CSES Announcement:
Module 3 is available, Module 2 deadline, and IPSA panels |
| Jun-05-2006 |
The Macro Report and Sample Design and Data Collection Report for CSES Module 3 are now available for download from the Collaborators page.
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| Jun-02-2006 |
The CSES Bibliography has been updated; it now contains 294 entries.
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| Jun-02-2006 |
The list of Module 3 Collaborators has been updated.
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| May-22-2006 |
CSES Module 3 is now officially in use. The questionnaire and respondent booklet are available for download from the Collaborators page.
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| May-22-2006 |
Data collection for CSES Module 2 is now complete. In order to be included in the CSES Module 2 full release, collaborators must deposit datasets and all related documents on or before December 31, 2006. For more information on depositing a Module 2 dataset, please see the Collaborators page.
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| May-08-2006 |
Posted information, pictures, and papers from the international conference and Planning Committee meeting held in Seville, Spain in March 2006.
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| May-08-2006 |
The list of Module 2 Collaborators has been updated.
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| Apr-10-2006 | An updated version (the fourth) of the
CSES Module 2 Advance Release is now available for download. This release contains six additional election studies - for a total of 32 election studies - among other improvements and additions. |
| Apr-06-2006 |
Corrected technical issue that was causing some characters to display incorrectly.
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| Mar-22-2006 |
The list of Module 2 Collaborators and list of Module 3 Collaborators have been updated.
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| Feb-06-2006 |
CSES Bibliography updated; now contains 253 entries.
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| Feb-06-2006 |
Posted information and pictures from the 2005 CSES Plenary Session held in Washington DC.
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| Feb-06-2006 |
Posted information and pictures from the international conference and Planning Committee meeting held in Taipei, Taiwan in April 2005.
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| Feb-06-2006 |
The CSES Planning Committee webpage has been reorganized.
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| Jan-08-2006 |
The third in a series of planned Public Opinion Pros articles is now available for viewing in the Bibliography and Results section of this website. The article is titled "Democratic Design: The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems Project" and was written by W. Phillips Shively.
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| Jan-08-2006 |
The second in a series of planned Public Opinion Pros articles is now available for viewing in the Bibliography and Results section of this website. The article is titled "The Myth of the Disengaged American" and was written by Russell J. Dalton.
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| Jan-08-2006 |
A number of the links on the Election Study Links page have been updated.
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| 2005 |
| Oct-25-2005 |
The Data Center now includes a link to an tool for analyzing CSES Module 1 data online.
We would like to thank ASEP and JD Systems in Madrid, who developed this service and are hosting it at no cost to the study.
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| Oct-24-2005 |
The Data Center now includes a list of Election Study Links for those that are interested in obtaining the full, original datasets (if available) for election studies that appear in CSES.
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| Oct-24-2005 |
The Data Center now includes an area where Researcher Contributions can be downloaded.
Researcher Contributions are files specifically related to CSES which have been prepared by individual researchers and made available to the public.
The first such contribution is the "CSES Module 1 and Module 2 Macro Booklet" (July 5, 2005 version) by Ana Espírito-Santo, Diogo Moreira, André Freire, Marina Costa Lobo, and Pedro Magalhães.
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| Oct-24-2005 |
The Results tables have been updated with data from the CSES Module 2 Advance Release of June 29, 2005.
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| Oct-24-2005 |
A preliminary list of CSES Module 3 Collaborators has been added to the Collaborators Page.
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| Sep-21-2005 |
Coverage maps have been added to the pages listing Module 1 Collaborators and Module 2 Collaborators.
The list of Module 2 collaborators was updated in the process, and a list of countries likely to be included in future Module 2 releases was added.
Last, links to the aforementioned lists are now also available from the main Collaborators page - previously they were only accessible from the Data Center. |
| Sep-21-2005 |
A link to the European Voter Database has been added to the list of Other Comparative Projects on the About CSES page. |
| Aug-18-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 2 dataset (June 29, 2005 version): Sweden (2002) - B3038_E (Left-Right - Party E) |
| Aug-18-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 1 dataset (August 4, 2003 version): Denmark (1998) - A3011 (Which Party Do You Feel Closer To) |
| Aug-12-2005 |
A new version of the CSES Module 3 Stimulus Paper is available on the Planning Committee page. |
| Jul-20-2005 |
Spanish translations of the CSES homepage and About the CSES are now available. |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 1 dataset (August 4, 2003 version): Mexico (2000) - Missing Values For A5005, A5007, and A5009 |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 1 dataset (August 4, 2003 version): New Zealand (1996) - Data for Variable A4004_F is Incorrect |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 1 dataset (August 4, 2003 version): Belgium-Flanders (1999) - Election Study Note For Variables A3004-A3006 and A3009 |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 1 dataset (August 4, 2003 version): Belgium-Flanders (1999) and Belgium-Walloon (1999) - Election Study Notes For Variables A3004-A3006 |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 1 dataset (August 4, 2003 version): Netherlands (1998) - Election Study Notes for Variables A3004-A3006 and A3009-A3012 |
| Jul-18-2004 | Updated
The CSES Bibliography. |
| Jun-29-2005 | CSES Announcement:
A new version of CSES Module 2 is now available |
| Jun-29-2005 |
New Module 2 erratum: Updates made between the December 15, 2004 and June 29, 2005 releases |
| Jun-29-2005 | An updated version (the third) of the
CSES Module 2 Advance Release is now available for download. This release contains ten additional election studies, among other improvements and additions. |
| Jun-28-2005 |
The online magazine Public Opinion Pros is planning a series of articles that make use of CSES data.
The publisher has granted permission for the articles to be posted in the Bibliography and Results section of CSES website.
The first article in the series is titled "Is the Party Over? Spreading Antipathy Toward Political Parties" and was written by Russell J. Dalton and Steven Weldon.
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| Jun-23-2005 |
The untranslated questionnaire for Spain 1996 is now available, and has been posted in the CSES Module 1 Election Study Archive located in the Data Center. |
| Jun-23-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 2 dataset (December 15, 2004 version): Germany (2002) - Macro Report: B5046, B5050 |
| Jun-23-2005 |
A new erratum has been posted for the CSES Module 1 dataset (August 4, 2003 version): Spain (1996 and 2000) - Macro Report: A5051 |
| May-25-2005 | Seven sets of tables and graphs have been added to the Bibliography and Results page to illustrate some of the topics that can be investigated using CSES data. |
| May-20-2005 | Added a list of links to Other Comparative Projects. |
| Apr-06-2005 | A revised version of the CSES Module 3 Stimulus Paper: Meaningful Choices, by Hermann Schmitt and Bernhard Weßels, is now available. |
| Mar-08-2005 | New logo and webpage design implemented. |
| Jan-07-2005 |
New Module 2 erratum: CSES Module 2 Data Set: Sweden (2002) - B3012 (Satisfaction with Democracy) |
| 2004 |
| Dec-21-2004 | In the download area for the
CSES Module 2 Advance Release, the untranslated version of the questionnaire for the Germany 2002
telephone study is now available. |
| Dec-17-2004 | In the download area for the
CSES Module 2 Advance Release, the Portuguese version of the Portugal
2002 questionnaire is now available, as well as the French, German, and Italian versions of the
Switzerland 2003 phone and mail questionnaires. |
| Dec-16-2004 | CSES Announcement:
A new CSES Module 2 dataset is now available |
| Dec-15-2004 |
New Module 2 erratum: Updates made between the May 1, 2003 and December 15, 2004 releases |
| Dec-15-2004 | An updated version (the second) of the
CSES Module 2 Advance Release is now available for download. This release
contains macro data and eight additional election studies, among other improvements and additions. |
| Oct-19-2004 | Updated
The CSES Bibliography and revised the bibliography page. |
| Sep-07-2004 |
New Module 1 erratum: Thailand (2001) - Replacement for Variable A2018 |
| Sep-07-2004 |
New Module 1 erratum: New Zealand (1996) - Replacement for Variable A2018 |
| Aug-23-2004 | The Collaborators'
Resources page has been updated and improved. A number of the reports are now available in multiple formats. |
| 2003 |
| Dec-04-2003 |
Christiaan Keulder from Namibia has been added as a member of the Module 3 Planning Committee. |
| Oct-31-2003 | Added
contact information for the Module 3 Planning Committee. |
| Oct-23-2003 | A number of
papers and presentations from the
2003 Plenary Meeting have been added. New papers will be added as they become available. |
| Oct-14-2003 | Added information concerning the
CSES Plenary Session of October 3-4, 2003 in the
Planning Committee section of the website. Found there is an attendance list
with contact information, pictures from the conference, an agenda, and list of presentations given. |
| Sep-25-2003 | Added links to a new
mirror FTP site (accessible from the download page). The CSES Secretariat would like to thank the
Central Archive for Empirical Social Research at the
University of Cologne, Germany [historical hyperlink removed] for hosting a mirror FTP site, thus allowing persons geographically
close to Europe to more quickly download CSES data. |
| Sep-15-2003 | Added the help page
How to Read CSES Data into SPSS. The CSES Web Help area is accessible from the CSES download page. |
| Sep-12-2003 | Added the help page
How to unZIP a File. The CSES Web Help area is accessible from the CSES download page. |
| Sep-12-2003 | Added a new CSES Web Help
area which is accessible from the CSES download page. |
| Aug-04-2003 | An updated version
(August 4, 2003) of the CSES Module 1 Data Set is now available, with all posted errata to data applied. |
| Aug-03-2003 |
New Module 1 erratum: Israel (1996) - Replacement for Variable A2030 |
| May-19-2003 | The list of
Module 1 Collaborators
and their contact information has been updated and reposted. |
| May-01-2003 | CSES Announcement:
Module 2 Advance Release (May 1, 2003 version) is Now Available |
| May-01-2003 |
New
Module 1 erratum: Israel (1996) - Parties for Whom Respondents Voted |
| May-01-2003 |
New
Module 1 erratum: Israel (1996) - Replacement for Appendix I: Parties and Leaders |
| Apr-28-2003 | CSES Announcement:
CSES Introductory Workshop: July 21-24, 2003: Ann Arbor, Michigan USA |
| Jan-13-2003 |
New Module 1 erratum: Zeroes present in weights for for CSES Module 1 Data Set: July 26, 2002 Version |
| Jan-13-2003 |
New Module 1 erratum: Russia (1999) - Candidate Mentioned (A3016) for CSES Module 1 Data Set: July 26,
2002 Version |
| Jan-13-2003 | CSES Module 1 Sample
Design Report and Macro Report updated for Portugal 2002. |
| Jan-13-2003 | Added a new ASCII text version of the
CSES Module 2 Micro Questionnaire. |
| Jan-13-2003 | The CSES
Module 2 Macro Report is now available as a .PDF form that can be filled out within the electronic
document itself. |
| 2002 |
| Dec-05-2002 | Updated
The CSES Bibliography - 20 new citations added for a total now of 63 entries. |
| Nov-20-2002 |
New Module 1 erratum:
Korea (2000) - District, Party of Candidate Voted for (A2031) |
| Nov-20-2002 | Pippa Norris, from the John F. Kennedy School
of Government at Harvard University, has requested feedback from the CSES user community on her forthcoming
book, "Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and Political Behavior." The book examines the role of electoral
rules in shaping voting behavior and political representation, using analyses drawn from the CSES. The book
is due to be published by Cambridge University Press in Fall 2003.Professor Norris can be reached by sending e-mail
to Pippa_Norris@Harvard.edu |
| Oct-01-2002 | Added a blank version of the CSES Module 1
Sample Design
and Data Collection Report  |
| Oct-01-2002 |
New Module 1 erratum:
STATA Data Types/Storage Formats: Data Descriptor Statements for CSES Module 1 Data Set: July 26, 2002 Version |
| Oct-01-2002 |
New Module 1 erratum:
A5003 - Expanded Definition for Code 11: Codebook for CSES Module 1 Data Set: July 26, 2002 Version |
| Oct-01-2002 |
New Module 1 erratum:
Peru (2000) - 'Parties and Leaders' Code Definitions Missing: Codebook for CSES Module 1 Data Set:
July 26, 2002 Version |
| Oct-01-2002 |
New Module 1 erratum:
Mexico (2000) - 'Parties and Leaders' Code Definitions Missing: Codebook for CSES Module 1 Data Set:
July 26, 2002 Version |
| Oct-01-2002 |
New Module 1 erratum:
Australia (1996) - District Level Returns Flipped: Datafile for CSES Module 1 Data Set: July 26, 2002 Version |
| Oct-01-2002 |
New Module 1 erratum:
Belgium-Flanders (1999) - Multiple Corrections: Datafile for CSES Module 1 Data Set: July 26, 2002 Version |
| Sep-27-2002 | New material added to
the CSES Module 1 Election Study Archive (under "Download Data"): untranslated surveys for Spain (2000), Peru (2001),
and Portugal (2002); English-language surveys for Russia (1999), Russia (2000), and Sweden (1998); macro reports
for Iceland (1999), Japan (1996), Portugal (2002), Russia (1999), Russia (2000), and Spain (2000); and design
reports for Denmark (1998), Hungary (1998), Peru (2001), Portugal (2002), Russia (1999) and Russia (2000). |
| Sep-26-2002 | Added the
Respondent Booklet and a new version of the Macro Report
for Module 2 |
| Jul-27-2002 | CSES
Announcement: New Data Set, New Web Page, and APSA Public Meeting |
| Jul-01-2002 | CSES Announcement:
Module 1 Full Release scheduled for July 31 |
| Apr-18-2002 | The CSES "Announcements" page is revised. |
| Apr-05-2002 | Errata 2:
Module 1 CSES Special Interim Dataset |
| Mar-23-2002 | Errata 1:
Module 1 CSES Special Interim Dataset |
| Mar-19-2002 | Country documents added for Hong Kong |
| Mar-18-2002 | Release of the Module 1:
1996-2001 CSES Special Interim Dataset |
| Feb-04-2002 | Country documents added for Belarus, Belgium-Flanders,
and Belgium-Walloonia |
