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Erica DeFrain

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Subjects: Education, Psychology, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Sociology

Finding data for analysis

Social Sciences Research Datasets

Most researchers in the social and behavioral sciences do not make their data publicly available, for a number of reasons. Locating data that you can both analyze and understand can be a challenge. If you're trying to find a new source of data to use for your research project, I recommend starting with ICPSR or one of the datasets available through SAGE.

ICPSR - Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research This link opens in a new window
A personal account, created with a unl.edu or huskers.unl.edu email address, is required to download data and resources from ICPSR. To create an account, follow the link above, click "Login", then "Create Account".
Archive of downloadable files of research data in the social and behavioral sciences, including specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.

SAGE Research Methods datasets
Over 500 datasets using data from real research, designed to support learning of data analysis techniques.

Other Data Sources

Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistics, infographics, and datasets on a wide range current topics.

Data.gov
U.S. Government open data, managed and hosted by the U.S. General Services Administration, Technology Transformation Service.

Gallup Analytics This link opens in a new window
Gallup survey results from both the U.S. and around the world. (Statistics and Data)
Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
Historical United States data on migration, health, crime, climate and the environment, religion, economics, and more. (Full-Text)

United Nations Data
Over 60 million data points from international agencies, covering a wide range of statistical themes including agriculture, crime, communication, development assistance, education, energy, environment, finance, gender, health, labour market, manufacturing, national accounts, population and migration, science and technology, tourism, transport and trade.

National Center for Education Statistics This link opens in a new window
U.S. federal data relating to education.

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APA Citations

ZoteroBib
Your citations must be in American Psychological Association format. If you need a quick and easy way to create a few citations, use this free software from Zotero.
Zotero
For more lengthy projects, download the full Zotero citation management software. It's a free, easy-to-use tool that can help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.

PSYC 450/850 Research Guide: Home

Social Sciences Librarian

Finding data for analysis

Social Sciences Research Datasets

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APA Citations

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