Subject Expert
Ielleen Miller
she/her
Contact:
Email: imiller@ewu.edu
Text or phone me at 509.818.0559
Office Hours: Thursday 3-5pm or by appointment - use Schedule Research Consultation link above.
Need to meet during the evening or weekend? Please text or email me to schedule.
Office: JFK Library M04C (just ask for me at the JFK Library Reference Desk)
Or Zoom https://ewu.zoom.us/j/97403645255
Text or phone me at 509.818.0559
Office Hours: Thursday 3-5pm or by appointment - use Schedule Research Consultation link above.
Need to meet during the evening or weekend? Please text or email me to schedule.
Office: JFK Library M04C (just ask for me at the JFK Library Reference Desk)
Or Zoom https://ewu.zoom.us/j/97403645255
Population/Demographic Resources
When creating your user profiles, it would help to research EWU students, so that the profiles better represent large groups of students. How old are most EWU students? What is their background? What are they majoring in?
- Some institutions do collect and share demographic data, such as EWU and our students.
- Federal, state and local government agencies collect and share demographic data down to the city level, so you can find out about Spokane City or Spokane County.
EWU
- EWU Fast FactsWebsite has demographic data for the current academic year. Scroll down to find a link to a 2-page infographic version of the data.
- EWU Office of Institutional Research Annual Fall Enrollment DashboardThe Institutional Research office collects data about EWU students.
- Social Security Admin's Popular Names by State and YearHow I came up with the "average" EWU student's name is Emily :).
- Easterner EWU Student NewspaperPerhaps the student newspaper did an article about X student group?
Local & Regional
- State & County (& City) QuickFactsQuick tables on population, age/race, income, housing, income/poverty, disability and health insurance for towns with at least 5,000 people. From the Census Bureau.
When the Census Bureau contacts everyone for the decennial census, or when they sample in between decennial censuses, they are tracking where the person resides at that moment. So Cheney data will reflect students living on campus and in town, vs their hometown. But the 2020 Census data will be an outlier, since it was where you were living on April 1st, and a large number of students living on campus or in Cheney went home after winter quarter! - Spokane TrendsPortal to data for Spokane County. A joint project of: City of Spokane, Community Building Foundation, Eastern Washington University, Greater Spokane Inc., Spokane Regional Health District, and Spokane United Way.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management County & City DataPortal to data for each county in Washington State, including demographics, economics, and human services.
National Level Resources
Full Text Reports
Below are collections of user surveys and (mainly) national-level statistics.
- Pew Research on Internet & TechnologyNonpartisan organization that conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research on issues of importance nationally and internationally. Their reports get lots of media attention and are widely cited. Browse or keywords search their reports and data sets.
- SAGE Stats This link opens in a new windowCollection of data measures spanning all U.S. states, counties, cities, metropolitan areas, and zip codes, AND allows you to turn the data into visual representations. Covers the economy, education, crime, government finance, health, population, religion, social welfare, and transportation.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new windowSummary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Offers individually indexed tables (with attached spreadsheets), both searchable and browsable.
Articles Discussing User Trends???
Many organizations do study users, but they don't share their findings for free. Magazine and newspaper articles may report on such studies and give you enough information, or academics may write up their research on user behavior.