Project 1

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 is easy to use.

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 site 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 from 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 to find - with a little patient exploration. You should be able to find something that interests you.

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 the 3 pages giving statistics for 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 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&timeFrame=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 to the major sports leagues and statistics.

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