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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

Type of Data

Source

Market Value, Stock Price, P/E Ratio, etc.

Datastream (Traders' Pit) [icon - Password]
Thomson ONE Banker- Analytics [icon - GSB Network]

Provides 10 year runs of monthly stock price data.

Crime Data

Type of Data

Source

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

Type of Data

Source

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 Project

A 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 Market

Latest edition in Reference: 'Market Research'; earlier editions on Reserve. Also Hispanic market reports at Information Desk.

Economic Data

Type of Data

Source

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 [icon - Stanford Network] [icon - Password]
International Financial Statistics [icon - GSB Network]
Datastream (Trader's Pit) [icon - Password]

GDP, savings & investment, income & employment by industry, and other national income and product statistics.

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Education

Type of Data

Source

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 [icon - Stanford Network]

Choose Databases/ Education.

General Social Science Data

Type of Data

Source

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

Type of Data

Source

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

Prices and transactions.

Rand California [icon - Stanford Network]

Choose Databases/ Business and Economics.

Home sale information.

Yahoo Real Estate

County and city property tax revenues.

Rand California [icon - Stanford Network]

Choose Databases/ Government Finance/ City or County Financial Statistics.

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

Archery

Grand National Archery Society

Horse racing

Kentucky Derby Statistics

Baseball

USA Today Baseball Statistics
Baseball-reference.com

Hockey

National Hockey League Players' Association
USCHO Statistics
collegehockeystats.com
USA 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

Type of Data

Source

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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