Citing data helps your readers locate data, replicate your findings, and generally promotes "open data" values. The following should be included in your citation:
- Author
- Publication Date
- Title
- Publisher or Distributor
- Version
- Electronic Location (e.g. URL)
Here is an APA Style example:
The World Bank, World Development Indicators (2012). GNI per capita, Atlas method [Data file]. Retrieved from http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.PCAP.CD
Here is a Chicago Author-Date Style example:
The World Bank. 2012. World Development Indicators. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank (producer and distributor). http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development-indicators
Here is Professor Montero's style:
The World Bank. 2012. "World Development Indicators." URL: http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development-indicators
(Thanks to IASSIST Data Citation Guide.)
