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The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Research data: STATISTICS
2021 South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development: statistical report 2018/19
This Statistical Report presents data tables from the 2018/19 South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development (R&D Su...
2020 Support vector regression and beta distribution for modeling incumbent party for presidential elections
The present paper aims to model, predict, and explain presidential election results using selected quarterly macroeconomic indicators, i.e.,...
2019 South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development: statistical report 2017/18
This statistical report presents data tables from the 2017/18 South African National Survey of Research and Experimental Development (R&D Su...
Download this report2019 The 'Fuck White People' phenomenon in South Africa: a discursive and statistical analysis
During the recent student protests in South Africa "fuck white people" appeared on T-shirts and walls. When understood only as anti-white se...