{"id":1715,"date":"2023-05-03T14:24:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T19:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cusc-ccreu.ca\/wordpress\/?docs=procedures-manual\/data-files\/master-data-files"},"modified":"2025-10-31T13:18:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:18:55","slug":"master-data-files","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/cusc-ccreu.ca\/wordpress\/?docs=cusc-procedures-manual\/data-files\/master-data-files","title":{"rendered":"Master data files"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The master data files are for CUSC-CCREU <strong>members only<\/strong>. If your university participates as a member in a CUSC survey, you will receive the master data file in Excel and SPSS formats, in English and French. They contain responses to closed\u2010ended survey questions from students at all participating member universities who were in a standard sample (see<a href=\"https:\/\/cusc-ccreu.ca\/wordpress\/?docs=cusc-procedures-manual\/sample\/standard-sample-middle-years-students\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"1700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Standard sample<\/a>) and completed the survey (see <a href=\"https:\/\/cusc-ccreu.ca\/wordpress\/?docs=cusc-procedures-manual\/reports\/completed-survey\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"1722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Completed survey<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Master data files contain more than 300 variables (columns) and thousands of records (one row for each respondent, disaggregated); see the sample below. They include the weight variable (see <a href=\"https:\/\/cusc-ccreu.ca\/wordpress\/?docs=cusc-procedures-manual\/sample\/sample-weighting\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"1703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sample weighting<\/a>) which PRA uses to generate statistics for most reports (see <a href=\"https:\/\/cusc-ccreu.ca\/wordpress\/?docs=cusc-procedures-manual\/reports\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"1692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reports<\/a>). The responses to experiments and survey module questions may also be included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cusc-ccreu.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MasterData.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/cusc-ccreu.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MasterData-1024x167.png\" alt=\"Master Data Illustration\" class=\"wp-image-3950\" style=\"width:1138px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cusc-ccreu.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MasterData-1024x167.png 1024w, https:\/\/cusc-ccreu.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MasterData-300x49.png 300w, https:\/\/cusc-ccreu.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MasterData-768x126.png 768w, https:\/\/cusc-ccreu.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MasterData.png 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If your university participates as a member in CUSC-CCREU surveys, it will need to sign and abide by the <a href=\"https:\/\/cusc-ccreu.ca\/wordpress\/?docs=cusc-procedures-manual\/appendicies\/data-licensing-membership-agreement\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"1992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Data Licensing &amp; Membership Agreement<\/a> which restricts how the master data files can be used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":1691,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1715","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Linda Kupp","author_link":"https:\/\/cusc-ccreu.ca\/wordpress\/?author=0"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The master data files are for CUSC-CCREU members only. 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