Data Sets

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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

Country Data 2020 Data Set

HMDA Cook County Data Set

States 22 Data Set

Survey Data GSS 2014 Data Set

Codebooks

Click below to download any of the codebooks for the above data sets.

Campus Life Codebook

Chicago Community Areas Codebook

Country Data 2020 Codebook

HMDA Cook County Codebook

States 22 Codebook