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Statistics for Psychology Blog

This blog by Jeromy Anglim focuses on data analysis in the social sciences.

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Fast Internet Reference Sources
Free sources compiled by UF Librarians.
Government Documents guide (FAU)
A guide for finding and using government resources.

ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political & Social Research
UF is a member institution and provides access to a data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences.
The Dataverse Project
An open source web application to share, preserve, cite, explore and analyze research data from multiple sources. A collaboration with Harvard Library, Harvard University IT, and IQSS.
Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Provides information about populations worldwide with data sheets, a graphics bank, and more. The "core themes" are: Reproductive Health and Fertility; Children and Families; Population and the Environment; and Population Futures—Aging, Inequality and Poverty, Migration and Urbanization, and Gender.
OECD iLibrary
The online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Available through UF Libraries. Books, journals, working papers, and more are available on topics such as the general economy, statistics, and agriculture.
Roper Center Public Opinion Archives
This searchable archive preserves the data from public opinion polls conducted by many leading survey organizations (such as the Pew Research Center and the Gallup Organization) for the use of researchers, students, and journalists.

Polling the Nations This link opens in a new window
An online database of public opinion polls containing the full text of 600,000+ questions and responses, from 18,000+ surveys and 1,700+ polling organizations, conducted from 1986 through the present in the United States and more than 100 other countries around the world.

Data Trends: Summaries of Current Research Findings in the Children’s Mental Health Field
Includes summaries of articles and news briefs about care for children with emotional and behavioral disabilities and their families.
FASTSTATS: Mental Health
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Statistics about morbidity, mortality, health care use, and more. Stats are for U.S. and each state and territory.
Global Health Atlas: World Health Organization (WHO)
Statistics on well-being, mental health and neurological disorders from around the world.
National Institute on Drug Abuse: Trends & Statistics
Infographics, trends, surveys, and stats on a variety of substance abuse related topics, such as drugged driving, addiction treatment outcomes, and prevention research.
SAMSHA: Data, Outcomes, & Quality
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) Office of Applied Studies. Includes surveys, data, and brief reports on tobacco, alcohol, and drug use in addition to mental health statistics. Also includes easily searchable reports by U.S. state and metro area.
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Data Archive
From the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS). Download data, codebooks, a reports from an archive of studies.
Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2000
From the CDC. Contains data on U.S. adults experiencing feelings of sadness, hopelessness, worthlessness, and feelings of nervousness or restlessness.

Explore Census Data (formerly American Fact Finder)
The distribution center for U.S. Census Bureau data. Data from the Census, the American Community Survey, annual population estimates, and economic surveys are available.
American Time Use Survey (ATUS)
This survey by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the amount of time Americans spend on various activities (ex. watching TV, working in the yard, etc.). Tables and charts can be searched by demographic characteristic or activity.
Statistical Abstracts of the United States
Summarizes statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Bureau of Economic Analysis.
The World Factbook

EDR Population & Demographics
From the Office of Economic and Demographic Research of the Florida Legislature. Includes population overviews, census data, and poverty guidelines.
Florida Department of Elder Affairs
Provides statistics and reports on the state of senior citizens in Florida, including profiles for each of Florida's 67 counties.
Florida Statistical Abstract
NOW ONLINE! Created by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) at UF. Find data on Florida and its cities and counties in the areas of population, housing, employment, income, education, health, tourism, elections, and more. Data is available from 1967-present.
Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR)
BEBR collects, analyzes and generates economic and demographic data on Florida and its local areas. Find free online reports from 1979-present on Florida-related topics (ex. price level index, migration flows, disability perceptions, etc.)

Collection of detailed websites and LibGuides.