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OIT265 Data and Decisions
This guide is designed to help you to find sources of statistical information for your regression project. It includes suggested sources for the types of data below. Please note that examples of regression projects are kept at the Jackson Access Services Desk.
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Company Data
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Market Value, Stock Price, P/E Ratio, etc. |
Datastream (Traders' Pit)
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Crime Data
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Statistics at state, metropolitan area, city level |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
Statistics broken down by area within each city |
Local police force Web site |
Demographics
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Reports on the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. Latest reports cover trends in who's online, online activities, and Internet adoption. |
Pew Internet & American Life ProjectA source on the evolution of the Internet through collection of data and analysis of real-world developments as they affect the virtual world. |
Vital statistics searchable by county, city, and metropolitan area. |
Melissa Data |
A wide range of statistics on household income, property values, work status and much more, compiled from the 2000 census. Searchable by state, county, city, or zip code. |
U.S. Census Bureau's American FactFinder |
Statistics on Hispanic population, consumption, buying power; also population in metropolitan areas. |
U.S. Hispanic MarketLatest edition in Reference: 'Market Research'; earlier editions on Reserve. Also Hispanic market reports at Information Desk. |
Economic Data
Type of Data |
Source |
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Labor statistics such as employment, wages, inflation, productivity, safety, and health issues. |
U.S. Department of Labor |
GDP, unemployment rate, sector indices, exchange rates, interest rates, commodity prices, etc. |
Global Financial Data
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GDP, savings & investment, income & employment by industry, and other national income and product statistics. |
Bureau of Economic Analysis |
Education
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Source |
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Statistics compiled by U.S. Dept. of Education |
National Center for Education Statistics |
College endowments |
Chronicle of Higher Education: Facts & Figures |
School placement test scores. |
Rand California
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General Social Science Data
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Source |
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Most frequently requested ICPSR datasets include: crime stats, health and socioeconomic survey, census of population and housing, national election pool, general election exit polls. Monitoring the future: a continuing study of American youth, and a panel study of income dynamics. Special Topic Archive includes: health and medical care archive (HMCA) data. |
The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research |
Health Data
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Source |
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World health statistics |
WHO Statistical Information System |
Data on the health expenditures of 18,000 U.S. households. |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
Housing & Property Tax
Type of Data |
Source |
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Prices and transactions. |
Rand California
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Home sale information. |
Yahoo Real Estate |
County and city property tax revenues. |
Rand California
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Property tax data. |
California State Board of Equalization |
Historical data on real estate and housing sales data of the U.S. Census Bureau. |
Economagic.com |
Sports & Miscellaneous
Type of Data |
Source |
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Archery |
Grand National Archery Society |
Horse racing |
Kentucky Derby Statistics |
Baseball |
USA Today Baseball StatisticsBaseball-reference.com |
Hockey |
National Hockey League Players' AssociationUSCHO Statisticscollegehockeystats.comUSA Today Hockey Statistics |
Golf |
PGATour.com |
Demographics, weather, military, etc. |
Historical statistics of the United States (Reference Collection: U.S. Section: STATISTICS) |
Demographics, crime, education, etc. |
Datapedia of the United States (Reference Collection: U.S. Section: STATISTICS) |
Weather Data
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Source |
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Mean temperature and precipitation at national, regional, state, and regional, state, and city level. Station level data (record of climatological observations). |
NOAA |
San Francisco weather data |
Climate of San Francisco |
CME weather data provided by EarthSat |
Historic Weather Data |
Climate data |
NNDC Climate Data Online |
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