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Research Connections disseminates child care and early education research to researchers, policymakers, and practitioners through a comprehensive collection of research reports and summaries, policy analyses, key findings, literature reviews, data collection instruments and measures, and datasets for use in secondary analysis.
Secondary data analysis is fundamental to the scientific process in that it allows for the verification of results through replication efforts. Making data available to other researchers is a cost effective way of maximizing the value and utility of research data, for it enables those beyond the original research team to explore questions previously not investigated. Moreover, it democratizes the discipline by making high quality research available to the broader community, as well as providing a training resource for students of research.
Through Research Connections, data users can access and download datasets for use in secondary analysis including the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study, Head Start Family and Child Experiences Surveys, National Household Education Surveys and the Child Care and Development Fund Administrative Data.
For a complete listing of all the datasets available through Research Connections, either click Go in the search box on the home page without entering a search term and then filter on Resource Type by Datasets, or go to the Datasets page from the navigation tab at the top and click Go in the search box without entering a search term.
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