STAT 1601

The purpose of this guide is to help you with your final project in STAT 1601. We will provide some ready-to-go datasets and point you in the direction of more reliable data sources.

Ready-to-go data:

This data has been vetted by us, your friendly librarians, in order to be used for your final project. 

• UVA Men's Basketball Data
• 2021-2022 NBA Player Statistics
• US States Health Data 2020
• HINTS Caregiver Data
• HINTS Demographic Survey Data
• 2022 Consumer Finance survey
• 2016 Residential City Energy Profiles
• LTER Monthly Climate Data
• PhD Thesis Numbers
• Video Game Sales
• US Asylum Seekers 2000-2012
• Amazon Book Bestsellers 2009-2019

How to find relevant data sources:

In case you want to look for data in the future

• ICPSR This link opens in a new window

  The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. Users may view documentation, download raw data, and search a bibliography of data-related literature. (You must create a personal ICPSR account with your virginia.edu email address in order to download data.)

• Social Explorer This link opens in a new window

  Interactive Maps and Reports provide easy access to demographic information about the United States. Data comes from the Census beginning in 1790 and from the Religious Congregations and Membership Study beginning in 1980. Also has crime and health data.

• Data-Planet This link opens in a new window

  The Data-Planet repository contains over 18.9 billion datapoints from over 400 databases sourced from 70 public and private organizations. The datasets contained in Data-Planet are structured and homogenized to permit correlation of multiple, diverse indicators. The Data-Planet technology and information architecture provides powerful tools to interpret and visualize that data. The repository continues to grow regularly with the addition of new datasets drawn from public and private sources.

• Library Licensed Downloadable Datasets

  All the library licensed downloadable datasets are listed here. Of particular interest would be election data, Historical Business Data, and Gallup Survey Data.

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