Data, Datasets, and Statistical Resources

The Roper Center data archive at the University of Connecticut includes datasets for secondary analysis from over 10,000 studies of public opinion. Includes surveys by Gallup, NORC, ABC News and Washington Post and more. Browse by topic to get an idea of the collections

This data library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has a searchable catalog of data as well as a browsable archive of locally collected data.

This page from the web site "Political Science Resources" lists links to major international data archives.

A collection of links to data libraries and archives that can be searched on the web.

Extensive collections of Census data, public opinion data, health statistics, and other topics. Carleton users have access only to publicly available data.

Nearly 10,000 publicly available scientific datasets.

A global registry of research data repositories that one can browse or search and filter. In 2015 it was combined with DataBib.

A list of open data repositories for many different disciplines - primarily STEM, but others too.

The NSF provides data for use in STEM fields.

A place where anyone can post research data and publications. There is no editorical or curatorial process to ensure quality, so evaluate what you find carefully.

Although GitHub is primarily used for version control, there is public data stored there.

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.

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.

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.