Secondary Data Analysis
The following table provides a wide range of data sets available for research use. These data resources are arranged by discipline. We will continue to update this page to ensure these links remain live and useful for faculty and students.
Health Sciences and Public Health
| Health Sciences and Public Health | |
|---|---|
| Healthdata.gov | A very large array of health-related datasets |
| National Center for Health Statistics - Surveys | A range of national health-related surveys |
| National Center for Health Statistics - Systems | Ongoing health surveillance data systems |
| Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results | Ongoing cancer statistics registry |
| Foodnet | Foodborne Disease monitoring system |
| National Archive of Comp. Data on Aging | Gerontological research data |
| Human Mortality Index | Mortality and transnational population data |
| Health and Retirement Study | Data on aging in the US since 1990 |
| Human Microbiome Project | Database of microbiome studies and samples |
Education
| Education | |
|---|---|
| MO DESE | Missouri DESE education data |
| Int. Assoc. for Eval. of Educational Achievement | Multiple ongoing education research datasets |
| Early Child Longitudinal Study Program | Longitudinal data sets on child development |
| International Assessment of Adult Competencies | Adult Education, Health, and Labor Data |
| TIMSS & PIRLS | Student data in Math, Science, and Reading |
| Online Education Database | Ongoing dataset of education statistics |
| National Center for Education Statistics | US-based education statistics |
| Stanford Education Data Archive | Data on disparities in public education |
Anthropology
| Anthropology | |
|---|---|
| The Digital Archaeological Record | Digital resource for archaeological records |
| Aboriginal Studies Electronic Data Archive | Data on Australian Indigenous studies |
| Library of Unpublished Field Reports | Ongoing collection of field research reports |
Social Sciences
| Social Sciences | |
|---|---|
| International Social Survey Programme | Large, ongoing set of social science surveys |
| Qualitative Data Repository | Repository of qualitative research data |
| Aging Analyses in Beh. & Social Sciences | Range of behavioral surveys related to aging |
| World Values Survey | Transnational research data on values |
| Uniform Crime Reporting Program | FBI crime statistics and data |
| ICPSR Portal | 25,000 social and behavioral research datasets |
General
| General | |
|---|---|
| Roper Center Public Opinion Archive | 35,000 public opinion survey datasets |
| American National Election Studies | Datasets on voting and public opinion |
| US Census Bureau | Census and housing data |
| Harvard Dataverse | Searchable repository of datasets |
| Pew Research Center | Publicly available Pew Research data |
