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A-D | E-H | I-L | M-P | Q-T | U-Z

A-D

ACJS

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

ADAM

Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program (formerly DUF)

ADSS

Alcohol and Drug Services Study

ALLBUS

German Social Survey

ANES

American National Election Studies

APHA

American Public Health Association

APSA

American Political Science Association

ASA

American Sociological Association

ASA

American Statistical Association

ASC

American Society of Criminology

ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

ASSA

Allied Social Sciences Association

BJS

Bureau of Justice Statistics

CALDATA

California Drug and Alcohol Treatment Assessment

CCD

Common Core of Data

CESSDA

Council for European Social Science Data Archives

CFFR

Consolidated Federal Funds Report

CMRC

Crime Mapping Research Center of the National Institute of Justice (currently MAPS)

CPS

Current Population Survey

CSES

Comparative Study of Electoral Systems

DATOS

Drug Abuse Treatment Outcomes Study

DATSS

Drug Abuse Treatment System Survey

DAWN

Drug Abuse Warning Network

DC*MADS

(Washington) DC Metropolitan Area Drug Study

DDI

Data Documentation Initiative

DOJ

(United States) Department of Justice

DR

Designated Representative

DRP

Data Resources Program of the National Institute of Justice

DTD

Document Type Definition

DUF

Drug User Forecasting Program (currently ADAM)

E-H

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FEDOR

Federation Official Representative

FIPS

Federal Information Processing Standards

FTP

File Transfer Protocol

GIS

Geographic Information Systems

GSA

Gerontological Association of America

GSS

General Social Survey

HS&B

High School and Beyond

HEGIS

Higher Education General Information Survey

HMCA

Health and Medical Care Archive

HRS

Health and Retirement Study

HRWG

Homicide Research Working Group

HTML

HyperText Markup Language

HTTP

HyperText Transfer Protocol

HUBOR

Hub Official Representative

I-L

IAED

International Archive of Education Data

ICPSR

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

IFDO

International Federation of Data Organizations

IHDP

Infant Health and Development Program

IPEDS

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

ISA

International Studies Association

ISR

Institute for Social Research

ISSP

International Social Survey Program

JRSA

Justice Research and Statistics Association

LEMAS

Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics

LEOKA

Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted

M-P

MAPS

Mapping and Analysis for Public Safety (formerly CMRC)

MDRC

Minority Data Resource Center

MIDUS

Midlife in the United States

MTF

Monitoring the Future

NACDA

National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging

NACJD

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data

NAEP

National Assessment of Education Progress

NARA

National Archives and Records Administration

NCES

National Center for Educational Statistics

NCHS

National Center for Health Statistics

NCJRS

National Criminal Justice Reference Service

NCRP

National Corrections Reporting Program

NCVS

National Crime Victimization Survey

NDATUS

(see Uniform Facility Data Set)

NELS

National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988

NES

National Election Studies

NHSDA

National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

NHES

National Household Education Survey

NIA

National Institute on Aging

NIBRS

National Incident-Based Reporting System

NICHD

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

NIDA

National Institute on Drug Abuse

NIH

National Institutes of Health

NIJ

National Institute of Justice

NJRP

National Judicial Reporting Program

NLS

National Longitudinal Survey of College Graduates (1972)

NLSY

National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (part of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience)

NORC

National Opinion Research Center

NPHS

National Pregnancy and Health Survey

NPSAS

National Postsecondary Student Aid Study

NSF

National Science Foundation

NSFG

National Survey of Family Growth

NTIES

National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study

NYS

National Youth Survey

OBTS

Offender Based Transaction Statistics

OJJDP

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

OR

Official Representative

OSIRIS

Organized Set of Integrated Routines for Investigation of Social Science Data

PDF

Portable Document Format

PI

Principal Investigator

PRA

Publication-Related Archive

PRAMHS

Policy Research on Aging and Mental Health Services

PSID

Panel Study of Income Dynamics

PSS

Private School Survey

Q-T

RCG

Recent College Graduates

ROAD

Record of American Democracy

RWJF

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

SAMHDA

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive

SAMHSA

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

SASS

Schools and Staffing Survey

SCAB

Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior

SDA

Survey Documentation and Analysis

SGML

Standard Generalized Markup Language

SHR

Supplementary Homicide Reports

SIMI

Site for Instructional Materials and Information

SIPP

Survey of Income and Program Participation

SROS

Services Research Outcomes Study

SSHA

Social Science History Association

TEDS

Treatment Episode Data Set

TOPS

Treatment Outcomes Prospective Study

U-Z

UCR

Uniform Crime Reporting Program

UFDS

Uniform Facility Data Set (formerly NDATUS)

UN

United Nations

USDHHS

United States Department of Health and Human Services

USDOJ

United States Department of Justice

WHO

World Health Organization

XML

eXtensible Markup Language