U.S.
Statistics ~ World Statistics ~ Surveys
U.S.
Statistics
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American FactFinder ~ "Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic
data." From the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Bureau
of Justice Statistics ~ A broad range of statistics covering topics such
as criminal victims, victim characteristics, criminal sentencing,
and much more. From the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics ~ "The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding
agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics
and statistics." From the U.S. Department of Labor.
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FedStats ~ "The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies."
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National
Center for Health Statistics ~ "The Nation’s
principal health statistics agency...compiling statistical information
to guide actions and policies to improve the health of our people."
From the CDC, the Center for Disease Control.
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National
Priorities Project ~ The NPP "provides data on the impact of federal spending policies
for states, cities and counties. NPP is a nonpartisan and nonprofit,
501(c)3 organization."
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Sourcebook
of Criminal Justice Statistics ~ This source includes
data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice
in the United States. Currently this site presents Sourcebook 2003,
the 31st edition. Supported by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Statistical
Abstracts of the United States ~ "...Contains a collection of statistics on social and economic
conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also
included." PDF format. From the U.S. Census Bureau.
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UNESCO
Statistics ~ The UNESCO Institute for Statistics is the statistical branch of
the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture
(UNESCO).
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U.S.
Historical Census Data Broswer ~ "The data and terminology presented in the Historical Census
Browser are drawn directly from historical volumes of the U.S. Census
of Population and Housing." Prepared by the Geostat Center, University
of Virginia Library.
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White
House Social Statistics Briefing Room ~ "The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current
Federal social statistics...All of the information included in the
Social Statistics Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the statistical
units of those agencies." Includes Crime, Demography, Education,
and Health statistics categories.
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World
Statistics
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The World
In Figures ~ "The World in Figures table package contains
28 Excel tables of country-specific structural data on all the countries
of the world. The number of countries is 241 and themes 260. The data
can be found easily by means of a separate index." From Statistics
Finland. In English and Finnish.
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Surveys
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Americans
and the World ~ "a source of comprehensive information
on US public opinion on international issues." Maintained by
the Program on International Policy Attitudes.
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The Gallup Poll ~ One of the world's premier
organizations conducting survey research, commonly known as polling.
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Joint
Center for Political and Economic Studies ~ "A
national, nonprofit research and public policy institution...recognized
today as one of the nation’s premier think tanks on a broad
range of public policy issues of concern to African Americans and
other communities of color.
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Kaiser Family Foundation Surveys ~ "The
Kaiser Public Opinion Spotlights provide in-depth analysis of public
opinion on a variety of health care and health policy topics."
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National Council on Public Opinion Polls ~ "The National Council on Public Polls (NCPP) is an association
of polling organizations established in 1969. Its mission is to set
the highest professional standards for public opinion pollsters, and
to advance the understanding, among politicians, the media and general
public, of how polls are conducted and how to interpret poll results."
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National Opinion Research Center ~ "NORC is a national organization for research at the University
of Chicago. NORC’s clients include government agencies, educational
institutions, foundations, other nonprofit organizations, and private
corporations."
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Program
on International Policy Attitudes ~ The
Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) studies public opinion
on international issues. PIPA is a joint program of the Center on
Policy Attitudes (COPA) and the Center for International and Security
Studies at Maryland (CISSM), University of Maryland.
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Public
Agenda ~ "A non-partisan
opinion research and civic engagement organization helping Americans
explore and understand critical issues since 1975."
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The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research ~ "The Roper Center does not conduct surveys--it is an archive,
preserving the data from polls conducted by many leading survey research
organizations for the use of researchers, students, and journalists."
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Stats.org at George Mason University ~ "STATS
monitors the media to expose the abuse of science and statistics before
people are misled and public policy is distorted... has sought to hold U.S. journalists to the highest standards of reporting
accuracy.
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Mellendorf, Librarian. Last Update: 4/07/08
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