The data sets are in the SPSS .sav format and can be analyzed with SPSS, R, or any other statistics program that will read the SPSS format. They are accompanied by notes and codebooks, except the Survey Data GSS 2014 file, in which the variable coding is explained in the Variable View screen. You can download them to pursue your questions; you can also add variables and new data once they are downloaded. The various data sets are designed to match a variety of topics and issues in the social sciences and public policy. They present challenges at different levels; they include both individual and place-level data sets, variables of different levels of complexity, and different size samples.
Data Sets
Click below to download any of the data sets.
Campus Life: Study Habits Data Set
Campus Life: 180 Students 2 Data Set
Campus Life: Small Student Data Set
Chicago Community Areas Data Set
Codebooks
Click below to download any of the codebooks for the above data sets.