Data links on the internet to find data for your statistics projects.
There is a wide variety of data presented at these sites, much of it in easily usable form.
Some of the data available through these websites is not of an appropriate form or type for
statistics project 1. If the data you find is not appropriate for this project, keep on looking –with a
little searching you will find something both appropriate and interesting.
The first 8 sites are sites that I recently visited to find examples of bivariate data appropriate for
statistics project 1. The remaining 11 sites are sites that have been recommended or used by
other teachers or students to find data for various statistics projects.
The World Factbook – from the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)
This link takes you to the World Factbook cite which is part of the CIA website.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
The field listing in the column at the left lets you select what topic you want information
about. The area to the right will list that information for all countries. Pick any fields (topics)
that you would like to investigate the relationship between. There is no shortage of ideas
here!
Some examples are: power production, power usage, power imports, power exports,
employment rates, poverty rates, literacy rates, birth rates, death rates, life expectancy, infant
mortality, migration rates, inflation rates, gross domestic product (total & per capita),
military expenditures, imports, exports, HIV statistics, and many more.
You will need to select a sample of countries to get the sample size you need, using an
appropriate sampling method. By selecting first one "field" and then a second "field" and
using the same sample of countries for both fields, you can relate many interesting
characteristics of nations worldwide.
Area and Population of Countries
Use an appropriate sampling method to select a sample of countries form the list given at this
website.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004379.html
California Dept. of Education
http://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/
DataQuest helps you find facts about California Schools and districts, grades K – 12.
Infoplease.com Family Education Network: World Statistics
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004372.html
General World Statistics, Population Statistics, Social, Economic & Political Statistics
Follow the links in the center of this page the explore what is available.
Infoplease.com Family Education Network: United States Statistics
http://www.infoplease.com/us.html
Contains links to many types of statistics for the United States, as well as links to world
statistics, sports statistics, etc. Some of the data presented by state, in easily usable table
form are given listed below. There is much more here to find - with a little patient
exploration you should be able to find something that interests you.
Land and Water Area of States
Population by State (1790–present)
Highest & Lowest Temperatures by State
Lowest, and Mean Elevations by State
Tabulated Data on State Governments
Per Capita Personal Income by State
Percent of Persons in Poverty by State
Crime Index by State
Baseball Almanac – the “Official” Baseball History
http://baseball-almanac.com/
Everything you ever wanted to know about baseball. To get data for various years, choose
"Year in Review" and then choose any of the years in red (some of the years are 1985
through 1999, except 1989).
Major League Baseball at mlb.com
Major league baseball statistics on-line. The link below takes you to one of 3 pages giving
statistics for the 30 major league teams. Use the box at left to select pitching, hitting, or
fielding stats. Links for individual player statistics are also available, but it will take a little
more work on your part to assemble into a data set for your project.
http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/stats/mlb_sortable_team_stats.jsp?baseballScope=mlb
&statType=2&sitSplit=&timeSubFrame=2002&groupByTeam=true&Submit=Submit&time
Frame=1
U.S. Crime Statistics Total and by State
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/
This site contains data on crimes for the U.S. and each state for the years 1968-1999. Choose
"USA United States Crime Statistics" or crime statistics for any state.
Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/
This site contains a wealth of information about the U.S. Two of its choices are described
below.
U.S.A. Statistics in Brief
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/brief.html
This site contains a portion of the Statistical Abstract of the United States. It contains data
from 1990 to 1999 on U.S. population, education, law enforcement, housing, energy, income,
business, and so on.
Frequently Requested Tables from the Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/statab/www/freq.html
This site contains lots of information on anything from stock prices to household pet
ownership. Some choices give data for various years, some do not.
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/
This site contains even more information than the Statistical Abstract of the U.S. site.
Total Population of the World by Decade, 1950 – 2050
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762181.html
This site gives estimates/predictions of the world population by decade as well as ten-year
growth rates for 1950-2050.
Used Car Prices
http://www.edmunds.com/used/
You can compare the age and price of a used car by using this site. To begin, choose a make
of a car, then a year, then a model. For future reference, note that you can choose years on
this page. Then choose "Vehicle Pricing" to get the price for your chosen year. Then go back
one page and choose another year and then find the price and so on.
Dow Jones Averages
http://averages.dowjones.com/jsp/index.jsp
This site gives the Dow Jones averages for 1896-1999. To get the data, choose "Dow Data,"
then choose "Charts," and then choose a decade. The information is presented in graphical
form with key historical events indicated on the graph. Note that you can now choose other
decades from the list shown above the graph.
University of Michigan Document Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
This site contains links to an incredible amount of information.
Center for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov
ESPN
http://www.espn.com
This site contains links the major sports leagues and statistics.
INS
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/statistics/index.htm
Immigrations and Naturalization Service website. This is their the “Statistics” link.