Introductory statistics/Rich datasets

This page lists links to large publicly-available datasets which may be of use to students in introductory research projects.

National Center for Education Statistics (US)

 * The Education Data Analysis Tool can be used to create user-specified datasets for download from available NCES surveys.
 * Other datasets are accessible via Data Tools, although individual-level data may not be available for all topics.

National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

 * Access to the dataset
 * The variable names and detailed information about the study is available in the codebooks
 * An online analysis tool is also available, which includes a function to subset (randomly select) a smaller number of cases.

State (US) Report Card and Assessment Data

 * New Jersey
 * 2010 report card databases; the variables are listed in a data layout spreadsheet
 * 2010 assessment results


 * New York
 * report cards - see database zip files for individual years.

US Census data

 * US Census Bureau's Data Access Tool