Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons: Computer Science and Society: Datasets &amp; Statistics

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Datasets & Statistics

Data.gov
The Home of the U.S. Government's Open Data.

Gale Business: DemographicsNow (via Boston Public Library) This link opens in a new window
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Demographic data on more than 24 million U.S. businesses and 206 million consumers. Consumer and market insight, reports, data, and mapping features. Access is granted to individuals with a BPL e-Card who reside, work, or attend school in Massachusetts. Check your eligibility and register for a BPL e-Card on the BPL Website.
Kaggle This link opens in a new window
Allows users to find, share, and download thousands of datasets on popular topics like economics, sports, and medicine, or to explore and run machine learning code with Kaggle Notebooks. A free, individual user account is required to download datasets and gain full access.
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Use Social Explorer to visualize and interact with data, create maps, charts, reports and downloads. Explore hundreds of thousands of built-in data indicators related to demography, economy, health, politics, environment, crime and more.
Statista This link opens in a new window
A statistical data and research platform that consolidates statistical data on over 80,000 topics from more than 22,500 sources.

WorldBank
WorldBank collects social, economic, and industry data for nearly every country in the world.

For additional datasets, check out the following Schumann Library resource guide:

Open Access Datasets for Machine Learning
Schumann Library guide to open access datasets for machine learning, computing, and data science projects.

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