Get data

Available datasets:

• Google! (try "Data csv on xxx", like "Data tables csv on MLB statistics")

• UW Madison Library

• Free online data repositories 

  • Kaggle (a machine learning community)

  • Open Science Framework (search for publications, then find their data available on OSF)

• Government agencies (see below)

• Major research NGOs (e.g., Pew Center, the World Value Project)

Where do I find data about the World?

• IHME

• International Monetary Fund

• World Value Survey

Where do I find data about the US?

• All government data

  • https://catalog.data.gov/

• Population ---> use the census data

Where do I find public health data?

• Health Statistics
  
  

  • National Survey on Drug Use and Health
    
    

• • National Survey of Children's Health
    
    

• • National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey
    
    

• • Deaths in the US
    
    

    • Cancer deaths specifically
      
      

• Health Behaviors
  
  

  • Youth Risk Behavior Survey
    
    

  • Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System
    
    

  • BRFSS Questionnaires: http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/questionnaires/
    
    

  • Wisconsin: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/stats/brfs.htm
    
    

• Health Care Utilization
  
  

  • KFF State Health Indicators

  • Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (e.g., mental health service use)
    
    

• Crime Statistics
  
  

  • https://fccps.bjs.ojp.gov/
    
    

• • Burns Institute: https://data.burnsinstitute.org/
    
    

Media Use

• Media consumption
  
  

  • Pew Research Center