The U-M Institute for Social Research (ISR) is the world's largest academic social science survey and research organization.
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We are a leader in developing and applying new social science methods, and we are committed to educating the next generation of social scientists.
Our large survey studies include the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, the Health & Retirement Study, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, the National Survey of American Life, the Monitoring the Future Study, the World Values Study, and the American National Election Study.
ISR consists of five separate but interdependent centers: the Survey Research Center, the Research Center for Group Dynamics, the Population Studies Center, the Center for Political Studies, and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, the world's largest archive of digital social science data.
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