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Overview

The Data and Statistics guide provides an overview on how JCCC students can access statistical data in a wide variety of formats.

Helpful Websites

Data Commons - Google
Easily access a wide variety of open data sets from the World Bank, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OECD, IMF and more. Use the visualization tool to experiment with the data sets you find.
FiftyPlusOne
Aggregates U.S. public opinion poll data. This resource was formerly known as FiveThirtyEight. An archive of FiveThirtyEight pollling data is still available, but is no longer being updated.
Gale Opposing Viewpoints
Access articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles. A major strength of this full text source is the pairing of essays representing contrasting views on current social issues.
Kaggle
Community-published raw datasets related to a wide variety of subjects.
Statista
Over 1 million statistics from over 600 areas of study, including: marketing data, consumer data, revenue figures, and trends.
U.S. Census Data
The U.S. Census Bureau is the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.
Writing with Statistics
Information from the Purdue Owl about how to use statistics in your writing.

Summon Search

Searching Tips

Use the search box above to explore the various books and articles that the library has available for your research on data and statistics.

Suggested Search Terms

Data AND your topic of study

Statistics AND your topic of study

"Original Research" AND your topic of study