Data Sources

Data Sets for Learning

Chance Data Sets

Contains links to data on topics such as baseball salaries and the stock market.

 

DASL

DASL (pronounced "dazzle") is an online library of datafiles and stories that illustrate the use of basic statistics methods. The authors hope to provide data from a wide variety of topics so that statistics teachers can find real-world examples that will be interesting to their students. Use DASL's powerful search engine to locate the story or datafile of interest.

 

OzDASL

A collection of datasets and related stories, primarily set within an Australasian context.  Datasets are organized by statistical method and complexity.

 

StatLib JASA Data Archive

Contains contributed datasets from articles published in the Journal of the American Statistical Association.

 

JSE Data Archive

Features datasets for general learning as well as those associated with articles in the Journal of Statistics Education.

U.S. Governmental Data and Statistics

Inter-Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

Datasets on topics such as the census, health, history, sociology, and education.

- See the WISE Quick Guide on downloading ICPSR data in SPSS format

 

U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Census Bureau home page. Statistical Abstracts of the United States that contain frequently requested statistical tables on expenditures, employment, salary, births, deaths, and other census-based general data on the U.S. population.

 

Census State Data Centers

State-by-State listing of data centers, indices of publications, and access to census data.

 

U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Statistics on occupational injuries and illness rates and violence in the workplace.

 

U. S. Department of Education (ED)

Statistical tables, charts, and studies related to education, including adult literacy education and inmate education.

 

Bureau of Justice Statistics

A number of data sets concerning crime and the justice system.

 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Crime data from the annual Uniform Crime Report (UCR); status of FBI investigations, and a list of the 10 most wanted fugitives (constantly updated!).

 

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)

Datasets available from archived crime and justice data collection series and research studies from the U.S. Department of Justices' Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and researchers.

 

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Statistics on drug abuse and addiction, and facts about the use and prevalence of marijuana, cocaine, and heroin. A compilation of data on drug abuse by 8th, 10th, and12th graders nationwide, covering issues such as the nature and extent of drug abuse, HIV/AIDS, and addiction and abuse research.

 

The University of Michigan's Documents Center (Updated!)

A central reference and referral point for government information, whether local, state, federal, foreign or international. Its web pages are a reference and instructional tool for government, political science, statistical data, and news.

International Data and Statistics

United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network (UNCJIN)

International statistics and research sources, including the World Crime Survey, links to data collections and libraries, and data concerning families with an incarcerated member.

 

Statistics Finland

A searchable data base of statistics about Finland and news about statistics.

 

World Health Organization Mortality Database

Data concerning mortality around the world.

 

Social Science Data Archive

An archive of European social science data.

Last updated: October 14, 2009

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