Data Resources / Archives

Collections and catalogues of accessible computer readable data in the social sciences and humanities from individual researchers as well as academic, government and private organisations made available for further analysis:

SSDA Data Archives The Social Science Data Archives (Australian National University) holds computer-readable data relating to social, political and economic affairs including a Special Interest Collection.

Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA) promotes the acquisition, archiving and distribution of electronic data for social science teaching and research in Europe.

International Archive of Educational Data (IAED) from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan. Data files, documentation, and reports related to education in the United States are downloadable from the website in public-use format. Data are intended to support comparative and longitudinal research through sharing of data resources.

Social Science Data Archives, University of California, San Diego. Search or browse our listing of internet sites of numeric social science statistical data, data catalogues, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses and more.

Journal of Statistics Education Data Archive provides a forum for exchanging interesting data sets and discussing ways they can be used effectively in teaching statistics.