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POL/GLA 6893: Research Proposal (Amberg)
Guide for Dr. Stephen Amberg's research proposal course for Master's students.
Sources of Data for Political Science Research
- Data.govProvides access to datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Review the catalog for content or request additional datasets.
- Google Dataset SearchDataset Search enables users to find datasets stored across the Web through a simple keyword search. The tool surfaces information about datasets hosted in thousands of repositories across the Web, making these datasets universally accessible and useful.
- Harvard DataverseOpen source research data repository.
- HealthData.govU.S. federal government portal for health data.
- Pew Research CenterNonpartisan research and statistics on a number of topics including immigration, social trends, U.S. politics, religion, the media, technology, and more.
- Sage Data This link opens in a new windowProvides access to an extensive repository of standardized and structured statistical datasets covering a variety of subject areas and helps users create charts, maps, graphs, and tables with descriptive summaries and citations. Data is sourced from U.S. and international public and private organizations. Users can compare and contrast multiple data series, perform statistical calculations on the data, and customize output views. Years of coverage vary depending on dataset.
Agriculture & Food; Banking, Finance, & Insurance; Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement; Education; Energy Resources & Industry; Government & Politics; Health & Vital Statistics; Housing & Construction; Industry, Business & Commerce; International Relations & Trade; Labor & Employment; Military & Defense; Natural Resources & Environment; Population & Income; Prices, Consumption & Cost of Living; Transportation & Traffic. - data.census.gov (Explore Census Data) This link opens in a new windowPrimary search tool to browse and access U.S. census data and build custom, downloadable tables, charts, reports, maps and data visualizations. Includes detailed data on population, housing, economics, and geographies from the Decennial Census, American Community Survey, Economic Census and other surveys.
Topics and geographies are easy to search using the single search bar, or access more detailed data using the filters in the Advanced Search option.
Access data.census.gov tutorials. - ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) This link opens in a new windowProvides access to data files in social science areas such as economics, social and political behavior and attitudes, education, population, and health. Raw data is derived from censuses, surveys, and administrative records in data collections and over individual data files. Includes documentation for use with statistical software such as SAS, SPSS, and Stata.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowProvides access to recent and relevant statistics and studies from market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and U.S. and international government sources. Topics include business, finance, education, media, politics, society, environment, technology and more. Ready-made tables, graphs, and charts are downloadable in PDF, XLS, PNG, or PPT.
- General Social Survey GSSThe GSS contains a standard 'core' of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest. University of Chicago. Since 1972.
- Open Secrets.org - Center for Responsive PoliticsResource for federal campaign contributions, lobbying data and analysis.
- Data-Planet: Statistics by NationCollection of statistical resources by Sage.
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices (U.S. State Dept.)Reports submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- Human Rights WatchHuman Rights Watch is best known for its annual publication World Report, which characterizes human rights in over 90 countries and territories. The 24th Annual World Report was published in January 2014.
- Data-Planet: Citizenship and Immigration Statistics: US: Undocumented ImmigrantsProvides a guide to obtaining statistics on citizenship and immigration for the US.
- Correlates of War ProjectThe Correlates of War Project was founded in 1963 by J. David Singer, a political scientist at the University of Michigan. The original and continuing goal of the project has been the systematic accumulation of scientific knowledge about war.
- Data-Planet: Statistics by NationCollection of statistical resources by Sage.
- Country Reports on Human Rights (U.S. Dept. of State)Reports submitted annually to the U.S. Congress by the U.S. Department of State. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- Early Warning ProjectThe Early Warning Project assesses the risk of mass atrocities in countries around the world using state-of-the-art quantitative and qualitative methods and a range of widely available data. In studying genocide and mass atrocities, we have learned that they are never spontaneous. They are always preceded by a range of early warning signs. If these signs are detected, their causes can be addressed, preventing the potential for catastrophic progression.
- Human Rights WatchInternational NGO that investigates and reports human rights abuses and advocates for policies to prevent them.
- United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to ProtectThe responsibility to protect embodies a political commitment to end the worst forms of violence and persecution. It seeks to narrow the gap between Member States’ pre-existing obligations under international humanitarian and human rights law and the reality faced by populations at risk of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
- ANES: American National Election StudiesInform s explanations of election outcomes by providing data that support rich hypothesis testing, maximize methodological excellence, measure many variables, and promote comparisons across people, contexts, and time.
- Center for American Women and PoliticsA great source of data for women in politics, including state information on women elected officials. Texas ranks 25th among state legislatures for the proportion of women in the Texas Legislature (23.8 %)
- UniDosUS (formerly National Council of La Raza)Largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S. Information on current issues.
- Comparative Agendas ProjectCompiles data sets on U.S. Government activities since 1947" (Choice, November '09). Each dataset has a codebook allowing users to interpret the data.
- Data-Planet: US Politics: Democrat vs Republican Control of Congress and the Presidency: Political Party Overlays in Data Planet Statistical DatasetsExplore social and economic trends in the US during periods when Democrats vs Republicans held control of US House, US Senate, and/or presidency.