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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
- HUB OR
Hub Official Representative (for an ICPSR federation)
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
- 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
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

