Statistics Librarian
Research/IT Desk
Contact:
Contact the Reference Librarians online
reference@carleton.edu
reference@carleton.edu
507-222-4264
Subjects: General Reference
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Search Tools
- ProQuest Statistical Insight This link opens in a new window
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A vast index of statistics produced by federal agencies, states, and intergovernmental organizations. A great place to start if you're not sure who has collected data relevant to your research. - PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
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A U.S. national data and mapping tool for research related to social sciences, public health, urban studies, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic developments, public administration, policy and political science, education, business, economics, statistics, geography, and more. Find thousands of U.S. indicators to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions. Data sets are approximately 10-15 years old, and custom reports and data can be downloaded. - Statista This link opens in a new window
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A vast statistics portal integrating data and facts onto a single platform, categorized into market sectors. - Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
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A comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Covers 1878 - present.
Informally Shared Data Repositories
Also referred to as generalist repositories, these repositories accept data from all kinds of dataset authors, or in all kinds of formats, or on any topic. They are generally not curated, so quality can vary widely. However, because they have few barriers to deposit, data can be shared here quickly.
- Dataverse
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An open repository hosted at Harvard in which authors can deposit their replication datasets. Includes datasets from important journals and research projects, such as American Journal of Political Science and survey organizations like Gallup. - Dryad Digital Repository
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Nearly 10,000 publicly available scientific datasets. - FigShare
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A place where anyone can post research data and publications. There is no editorial or curatorial process to ensure quality, so evaluate what you find carefully. - GitHub
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Although GitHub is primarily used for version control, there is public data stored there. - IEEEDataPort
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Freely available research datasets shared with the global technical community. Code often accompanies datasets. - Kaggle
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Kaggle is a website for users to upload datasets, and write scripts (called kernels) to analyze the data. Kaggle also has competitions to create kernels to do specific tasks some even have monetary prizes. - Kaggle Tutorial
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Learn how to find a dataset using specific search terms, read and understand what’s in your dataset, and check the validity of your dataset. - OSF (Open Science Framework)
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A free platform for sharing research results, where datasets are often shared as components of projects. - Tableau
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One of the more robust options for uploading, visualizing & exploring, downloading and publishing your data. Charts and graphs built on your data will stay live, so if you update the data, the visualizations update accordingly. - ZenodoAn open data repository, which contains all forms of research output including datasets. Originally formed in the EU for open science, but open to users worldwide.
- Science Data Bank
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A public, general-purpose data repository dedicated to open science, operated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Resources from Professor Kelling
- Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) is a disaggregated data collection, analysis, and crisis mapping project. ACLED collects information on the dates, actors, locations, fatalities, and types of all reported political violence and protest events around the world. The ACLED team conducts analysis to describe, explore, and test conflict scenarios, and makes both data and analysis open for free use by the public.
- rspatialdatarspatialdata is a collection of data sources and tutorials on visualizing spatial data using R
- PRIO-GRIDThe PRIO-GRID dataset is a grid structure that aids the compilation, management and analysis of spatial data within a time-consistent framework. It consists of quadratic grid cells that jointly cover all terrestrial areas of the world.
- Malaria Atlas Project (MAP): Accessibility to HealthcareMAP is an international research collaboration that tracks the global fight against malaria.
- Heat Island MappingHeat.gov serves as the premier source of information regarding heat and health for the nation. This portal seeks to improve federal, state, and local information and capacity to reduce the health, economic, and infrastructural impacts of extreme heat.
- Tree Equity ScoreAmerican Forests developed Tree Equity Score to address damaging environmental inequities in tree distribution common to cities and towns all across the U.S. Tree Equity Score establishes an equity-first standard to guide investment in critical urban tree infrastructure, starting with neighborhoods with the greatest need.
