Students

Links to Data Sets

Data warehouses

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research:

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/index.html

Odum Institute for Research in Social Science/Chapel Hill:

http://arc.irss.unc.edu/dvn/

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Archives:

https://ropercenter.cornell.edu/CFIDE/cf/action/catalog/

The Henry A. Murray Research Archive:

http://murray.harvard.edu/dataverse

United States Census Data:

http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Data Archive:

http://www.pewresearch.org/data/download-datasets/

General Social Survey Data Explorer:

https://gssdataexplorer.norc.org/

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthy Aging Data Portal: http://www.cdc.gov/aging/agingdata/index.html

Publicly Available Databases for Aging-Related Secondary Analyses in the Behavioral and Social Sciences Aging Datasets in the Public Domain – collected with federal funding (Sept. 2013); each dataset is linked individually (below):

https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/dbsr/publicly-available-databases-aging-related-secondary-analyses-behavioral-and-social

U.S.-based Studies

American Time Use Survey (ATUS): http://www.bls.gov/tus/

Health and Retirement Study (HRS): http://hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/

RAND Survey Meta Data Repository: https://g2aging.org/

Midlife in the United States (MIDUS): http://midus.wisc.edu/

National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS): http://www.nhats.org/

National Long Term Care Survey (NLTCS): http://www.nltcs.aas.duke.edu/

National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP): http://www.norc.org/Research/Projects/Pages/national-social-life-health-and-aging-project.aspx 

Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID): http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/

Project Talent: http://www.projecttalent.org/

Wisconsin Longitudinal Study: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/wlsresearch/

International Studies

International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health (INDEPTH): http://www.indepth-ishare.org/index.php/home

English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA): http://www.elsa-project.ac.uk/   

Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS): http://www.mhasweb.org/

Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE): http://www.share-project.org/

Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA): https://g2aging.org/?section=study&studyid=5

WHO's Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE): http://www.who.int/healthinfo/sage/en/   

The Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe and Israel (SHARE Israel): http://igdc.huji.ac.il/englishsite.aspx

The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA): http://tilda.tcd.ie/

Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI): https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/pgda/lasi/lasi-2/

The China Health and Retirement Survey (CHARLS): http://charls.pku.edu.cn/en

The Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR): http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/projects/jstar/

Cognitive Health

Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE): http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/4248?q=Advanced+Cognitive+Training+for+Independent+and+Vital+Elderly+%28ACTIVE%29

Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health (REACH): http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/03678

Twin Studies

IGEMS: The Consortium on Interplay of Genes and Environment Across Multiple Studies: http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/85411356/igems-consortium-interplay-genes-environment-across-multiple-studies

Swedish Adoption/Twin Study on Aging (SATSA): http://ki.se/en/meb/satsa-the-swedish-adoptiontwin-study-of-aging

Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging: http://www.vetsatwins.org/

Cognitive Studies

Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies on Aging (IALSA): http://www.ialsa.org/

Links to Related Websites and Further Reading

I. Getting Started: An Overview of the Aging Research Process

1. Introduction

• Dr. Robert Butler answers the question: What is old age and why do we fear it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w_oHVkpqtg
• Facts on Aging Interactive Quiz:  Erdman Palmore's well-known "Facts on Aging" quiz has been updated in a new form, available at: http://aging.umkc.edu/quiz/
• TEDxSF Talk: Elderhood Rising, the Dawn of a New World Age: Dr. Bill Thomas, a geriatrician and creator of Eden Principles and Green House models of care, discusses ageism and next steps in thinking about aging:  https://youtu.be/ijbgcX3vIWs

2. Designing Research  About Older People

• Sensory Links:
• National Eye Institute, Eye Disease Simulations

https://nei.nih.gov/health/examples

National Institutes of Health, Senior Health, What is Low Vision?

• National Institutes of Health, Senior Health, Physician and Patient Discuss Hearing loss (video)

http://nihseniorhealth.gov/hearingloss/hearinglossdefined/video/hb1_na.html?intro=yes

• National Institutes of Health, Senior Health, Signs of Low Vison

http://nihseniorhealth.gov/lowvision/signsoflowvision/01.html

• National Institutes of Health, Senior Health, All Videos and PSAs

http://nihseniorhealth.gov/videolist.html

• National Institutes of Health, Your Aging Eyes

https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/issue/jan2011/feature1

• Cognitive Links

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS): “Find links to authoritative, up-to-date information from agencies and organizations with expertise in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.” http://www.alzheimers.gov/index.html

3. Gerontological Theoretical Approaches

• TED Talks With Gerontological Theorists
• Laura Carstensen (Socioemotional Selectivity Theory): Older People Are Happier  https://youtu.be/7gkdzkVbuVA
• See De Grey’s point of view about aging http://www.ted.com/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging
• For an alternative view, see Dr. Harry "Rick" Moody’s keynote address to the Oregon Gerontological Association's 2010 Annual Meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4to91iI3PE

II. Choosing a Research Method and Selecting a Design

4. Qualitative Methods

• Cohen and Crabtree B. "Qualitative Research Guidelines Project." July 2006. http://www.qualres.org/index.html  
• Dr. Áine M. Humble’s Qualitative Research Methods Resource List (Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Updated: February, 2015).

http://www.msvu.ca/site/media/msvu/Documents/Qualitative-Resource-List-Humble.pdf

• Dr. Compiled by Susan Hawes’s Qualitative Research Clearinghouse: Resources for Methods, Analysis, and the Future (Antioch University, New England. Updated: 2014).

https://www.antioch.edu/new-england/degrees-programs/psychology-degree/clinical-psychology-psyd/qr/

• The North American Network in Aging Studies (NANAS) http://agingstudies.org/NANAS/?page_id=314
• The European Network in Aging Studies (ENAS)

http://www.agingstudies.eu/page/History

5. Quantitative Methods

• Robert Waldinger: What Makes a Good Life? Lessons From the Longest Study https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness?language=en
• Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics, Profile of Older Americans https://agingstats.gov/
• Aging Statistics - Administration for Community Living http://www.aoa.acl.gov/Aging_Statistics/index.aspx
• A Profile of Older Americans: 2015 - Statistics - Administration for Community Living

http://www.aoa.acl.gov/aging_statistics/profile/index.aspx

6. Quantitative Data Analysis and Evaluation

• National Institutes of Health, Public Domain Data and Data Sharing Policies
• National Institutes of Health, Data Sharing Policy http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/data_sharing/
• Publicly Available Databases for Aging-Related Secondary Analyses in the Behavioral and Social Sciences Aging, Datasets in the Public Domain: sponsored with federal funding https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/dbsr/publicly-available-databases-aging-related-secondary-analyses-behavioral-and-social

7. Mixed Methods

• Journal of Mixed Methods

http://mmr.sagepub.com/  

• Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIRA) http://mmira.wildapricot.org/
• Mixed Methods: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Data Collection and Analysis While Studying Patient-Centered Medical Home Models. (Wisdom, J.  & Creswell, JW.) Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. February 2013. https://pcmh.ahrq.gov/page/mixed-methods-integrating-quantitative-and-qualitative-data-collection-and-analysis-while
• Why Mixed Methods? John Hopkins, Mixed Methods Training Program for the Health Sciences

http://www.jhsph.edu/academics/training-programs/mixed-methods-training-program-for-the-health-sciences/about-the-program/why-mixed-methods/

 8. Emerging and Future Methods

• Joshua Prager: Wisdom From Great Writers on Every Year of Life

https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_prager_wisdom_from_great_writers_on_every_year_of_life?language=en

• Kenneth Southhall, Ph.D.,  has created a Prezi video of aspects of this photovoice project

 https://prezi.com/rftayq0pp4ab/authentic-portraits-of-acquired-hearing-loss-a-photovoice-s/)

• Laura Hofstadter’s “Stages: A Set of Self-Portraits” where she photographs herself in the style of well-recognized paintings by artists such as Degas, Vermeer, etc. 

http://laurahofstadter.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?gallery=StagesSelfPortraits&num=13

• Dementia-theater

https://uwaterloo.ca/partnerships-in-dementia-care/re-imagining-dementia-through-arts/cracked-new-light-dementia

III. Analyzing Results and Reporting Findings

9. Quantitative and Qualitative Software and Computer-Assisted Research

• Quantitative:
• SAS: http://www.sas.com/en_us/home.html  
• SPSS: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/
• STATA: http://www.stata.com/  
• R: https://www.r-project.org/about.html  
• MPlus: https://www.statmodel.com/
• Lisrel: http://www.ssicentral.com/lisrel/
•  Qualitative:
• ATLAS.ti: http://atlasti.com/ 
• NVivo:  http://www.qsrinternational.com/what-is-nvivo  
• Mixed Methods
• MAXQDA: http://www.maxqda.com  

10. Ethical Issues and Concerns in Aging Research

• Recruiting Older Adults into Research (ROAR) Toolkit: “The National Institute on Aging (NIA) at NIH, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Administration for Community Living (ACL) are collaborating on the Recruiting Older Adults into Research (ROAR) project to encourage older adults and their family caregivers, including underrepresented populations, to consider participating in research. We are starting with a focus on Alzheimer’s and dementia research.” https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/publication/roar-toolkit
• Gerontological Societies and National Organizations; Codes of Ethics:
• Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA) Code of Ethics (by the Research, Education, and Practice Committee) that relate to older persons as subjects https://www.geron.org/code-of-ethics
• The American Sociological Association’s (ASA) Code of Ethics http://www.asanet.org/about/ethics.cfm   
• The ASA has a Section on Aging and the Lifecourse (SALC) http://www.asanet.org/asa-communities/sections/aging-and-life-course
• The American Psychological Association (APA) has Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (June 1, 2003) with a 2010 Amendment. Principle E: Respect for People’s Rights and Dignity http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx
• The National Association of Social Worker’s has produced Standards for Social Work Practice with Family Caregivers of Older Adults (2010). One section of the document describes research practices with older adults http://www.naswdc.org/practice/standards/index.asp
• The American Public Health Association’s (APHA) Code of Ethics (2016) does not directly comment about age but includes several principles that are applicable to gerontological research http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447186/

11. Reporting Aging Research

• Community Grant Resources and Starting Places:
• General places to find background, mission, past funding by funders (GuideStar); (National Center for Charitable Statistics)
• Foundation Center: provided by the publisher of the Foundation Directory, in particular examine the "Find Funders" menu. There are also two subscription-based data bases for individuals for non-profit organizations

 http://foundationcenter.org/

• Idealist: contains links to over 15,000 organizations, publications, and directories in 90 countries and all 50 U.S. states. Also provided is a comprehensive listing of Tools for Nonprofits, including sections on legal, fundraising, and management issues. See the “organizations” link  http://www.idealist.org/search/v2/?search_type=org
• Select U.S. Federal Resources and National Aging Research Funders:
• Grantmakers in Aging; see also professional associations for discipline-specific funding http://www.giaging.org/
• National Institute on Aging: up-to-date - Inside NIA: A Blog for Researchers: ­ http://www.nia.nih.gov/research/blog
• Grants.gov – pools requests for proposals and grant information from 32 federal agencies http://www.grants.gov/
• National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant-proposal writing resources and videos:
• NIH Grant Writing Tip Sheets:  https://grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_tips.htm
• NIH Peer Review Process Reenacted: https://youtu.be/fBDxI6l4dOA
• NIH All About Grants Podcasts: http://grants.nih.gov/news/virtual-learning/podcasts.htm

NIH Grant-Review Process YouTube Videos: http://public.csr.nih.gov/aboutcsr/contactcsr/pages/contactorvisitcsrpages/nih-grant-review-process-youtube-videos.aspx

Links to Select Gerontological Journals

Appendix B: List of Select Gerontological Journals

Activities, Adaptation & Aging

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/waaa20/current

Age

http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/cell+biology/journal/11357

Age and Ageing

http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/

Ageing & Society

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=ASO

Ageing International

http://link.springer.com/journal/12126

Aging & Mental Health

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/camh20/current

Aging Male, The

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/itam20/current

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias  

https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/american-journal-of-alzheimers-disease-other-dementias%C2%AE/journal201798

Annals of Long-Term Care

http://www.annalsoflongtermcare.com/home

Annual Review of Gerontology & Geriatrics

http://www.springerpub.com/annual-review-of-gerontology-and-geriatrics-volume-36-2016.html

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/archives-of-gerontology-and-geriatrics/

Australasian Journal on Ageing

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1741-6612

BMC Geriatrics

http://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/

Canadian Journal on Aging

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=CJG

Clinical Gerontologist

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wcli20/current

Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/cggr/

Educational Gerontology

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/uedg20/current

Ethics, Law, and Aging Review

http://www.springerpub.com/ethics-law-and-aging-review-volume-11.html

European Journal of Ageing

http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/population+studies/journal/10433

European Review of Aging and Physical Activity

http://link.springer.com/journal/11556

Experimental Gerontology

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/05315565

Generations

http://www.asaging.org/generations-journal-american-society-aging

Geriatric Nursing

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/geriatric-nursing/

Geriatrics & Gerontology International

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1447-0594

Gerontologist, The

http://gerontologist.oxfordjournals.org/

Gerontology & Geriatrics Education

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wgge20/current

Healthy Aging & Clinical Care in the Elderly

http://www.la-press.com/journal.php?pa=aims_and_scope&journal_id=119

International Journal of Ageing and Later Life

http://www.ep.liu.se/ej/ijal/

International Journal of Aging & Human Development

http://ahd.sagepub.com/

International Journal of Gerontology

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-gerontology/

International Psychogeriatrics

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=IPG

Journal of Aging and Health

http://jah.sagepub.com/

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity

http://journals.humankinetics.com/japa

Journal of Aging & Social Policy

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wasp20/current

Journal of Aging, Humanities, and the Arts

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/uaha20/current

Journal of Aging Research

http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jar/

Journal of Aging Studies

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-aging-studies

Journal of Applied Gerontology

http://jag.sagepub.com/

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

http://link.springer.com/journal/10823

Journal of Dementia Care

http://www.careinfo.org/journal-of-dementia-care/

Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wean20/current

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

http://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/jgn 

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wger20#.V0d7i43naUk

Journal of Gerontology & Geriatrics Education

http://www.aghe.org/publications/gerontology-geriatrics-education

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjhe20/current#.V0kABkYnlsk

Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging

http://www.springer.com/medicine/internal/journal/12603

Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics

http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wjne21#.V0d8aI3naUk

Journal of Population Ageing

http://link.springer.com/journal/12062

Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging

http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wrsa20#.V0d87o3naUk

Journal of Religious Gerontology

http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wzrg20#.V0d8z43naUk

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

http://geriatricscareonline.org/ProductAbstract/journal-of-the-american-geriatrics-society/J001

Journal of the Economics of Ageing

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/the-journal-of-the-economics-of-ageing

Journal of Women & Aging

http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wjwa20#.V0d9gY3naUk

Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

http://biomedgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/

Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

http://psychsocgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/

Maturitas

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/maturitas

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/mechanisms-of-ageing-and-development

Psychology and Aging

http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/pag/

Public Policy and Aging Report

http://ppar.oxfordjournals.org/

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/qaoa

Research in Gerontological Nursing

http://www.healio.com/nursing/journals/rgn

Research on Ageing and Social Policy

http://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/rasp

Research on Aging

http://roa.sagepub.com/

Working with Older People

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/wwop

Adapted from: SCImago. (2014). Journal Ranking for Gerontology.  http://www.scimagojr.com; and Weigand, S. (2016). Gerontology Research Guide, University of Northern Colorado, http://libguides.unco.edu/gero

Sample Research Report

• Sample Research Report