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Information Gathering Resources |
Fedstats: "One Stop Shopping for Federal Statistics" |
This is a great site for instructors and students alike who need statistics and data. |
Florida Education Statistics |
CensusScope, a product of the Social Science Data Analysis Network provides educational attainment statistics for Floridians here. Other state statistics are available as well. |
Florida State Government Directory |
The My Florida site is your gateway to a variety of educational links and statistics as well as the gamut of state government information. |
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Data Links |
ICPSR is a great research site for all kinds of social science and political data. A variety of web-based search tools are available there. |
Links to Statistical Info for Youth Development Professionals |
This is a useful site presented by the National Youth Development Information Center (NYDIC). Obtain all kinds of youth-related statistics. |
Medline Plus Health Statistics |
A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. |
National Academy of Sciences' National Academy Press |
Some of the best academic books available courtesy of the National Academy of Sciences. |
The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics of the Department of Health and Human Services |
An abundance of documents and transcripts detailing the work of this national committee are available online. |
Research Matters
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Harvard research discoveries from a wide range of disciplines. The material is designed to be accessible to non-specialists and is relevant for practical human policy concerns. There is news about medicine and health, social problems, basic science, technological advances, and earth and space exploration. The site is divided into into six broad categories:Mind, Body, Society, Earth, Space, and Technology. |
National Geologic Database |
Your Geoscience resource for maps and related data about: geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology, and marine geology. |
US Census Bureau |
The US Census Bureau site offers a variety of ways to search for data as well as summary and trend reports, and terrific maps, news, and more. |
US Department of Health and Human Services |
Every kind of advisory and health bulletin imaginable is available here in a very organized format. In addition, HHS has an incredible online reference and research section. |
World Bank's Data
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The World Bank's data web page contains easy-to-access economic, political and social data for over 200 countries as well as global maps. |
| NCCP Child Care & Early Eduication Research Connections |
Research Connections offers both research data suitable for further analysis and statistical results generated from public sources. We use the term "research data" to refer to the coded responses from each respondent, documentation that provides the original questions asked, and discussions of complex statistical methods. In order to make use of this data, you will need statistical software and a good understanding of statistical methodology. |
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Research Software Resources |
SPSS Online Training Workshop |
From Central Michigan University, this website offers video clips and sample data sets. |
Installing and Using SPSS |
From the Department of Statistics at Texas A&M, this site offers tutorial movies on Installing and Using SPSS, Data Manipulation, Basic Data Analysis and Graphs, Regression Analysis, and Advanced Topics in Regression. |
MAXqda Web Tutorial |
Online Flash tutorials. |
NVivo Tutorials |
These tutorials are provided for download by QSR International and available for all levels, from novice to those with previous experience. |
Raynald's SPSS Page
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For SPSS users this website provides a wide-range of resources and some useful tips on using syntax scripts. |
Statistics Tutorials |
This web site links to a wide range of tutorials on statistical software and procedures. |
UCLA SPSS Portal |
The UCLA SPSS portal is more than a set of links about SPSS or a search engine that allows you to search across these pages for information about SPSS. This is a place where developers of SPSS resources can collaborate to create an infrastructure to help your own SPSS community while providing a service to SPSS users from all over the world. |
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