A
ACRL Numeric and Geospatial Data Services in Academic Libraries Interest Group, 149
African Development Bank Group (AFDB), 18
AfriPop, 118
Afrobarometer, 135
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), 106
aggregate data, 4
Air Facility System Search, 39
Air Quality System (AWS), 39
AirBase, 42
AirCompare, 39
AirData, 39
ALA Guide to Economics and Business Reference, 58
ALFRED (Archival Federal Reserve Economic Data), 49
Altinok, Nadir, 97
America Votes, 123n1
American Community Survey (ACS), 16, 93, 111–112, 139, 155, 158
American FactFinder, 14, 57, 82
American Housing Survey, 81–82
American National Election Studies (ANES), 133–134, 155
American Time Use Survey (ATUS), 113
AmericasBarometer, 136
Annual Retail Trade Report, 56
Annual Services Report, 56, 60
Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) supplement, 112
Annual Survey of Manufactures, 14, 56–57, 62
Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll, 52
Annual Survey of Public Pensions, 52
Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, 14, 52
Annual Wholesale Trade Report, 56
ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 32
APA guidelines, 152–153
AQS Data Mart, 39
Arabbarometer, 135
Arms Transfers Database, 126
article databases, 147–148
Aruoba-Diebold-Scotti Business Conditions Index, 49
Asian Barometer, 135
Asian Development Bank, 18, 48–49
AsiaPop, 118
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), 87
ASTER, 35
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 134
Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, 123n1
ATSR World Fire Atlas, 35
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 59, 114
Australian Electoral Commission, 123
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), 109
Australian National Data Service, 152
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), 78–79
B
Bank for International Settlements (BIS), 78, 82
Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Study, 95
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 106
Boston College, 95–96
Broad Economic Categories (BEC), 89
Budget of the United States Government, 53
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), 7, 71–72, 85, 87
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 7, 28, 30
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 7, 14, 65–68, 111–113, 116–117, 149
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), 7, 137–138
C
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC), 40–41
Case, Karl, 83
CBS News Polls, 136
Census Bureau. See U.S. Census Bureau
Census of Agriculture, 22
censuses, 5
Center for Demography of Health and Aging, 116
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CEISEN), 145
Center for Latin American Studies, Georgetown University, 122
Center for Responsive Politics, 120
Center for Systemic Peace, 127
Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 103, 106, 113–114
CEPALSTAT/Databases and Statistical Publications, 18–19, 138
CESSDA Catalogue, 134–135, 136n1
Charity Navigator, 60
Chicago Manual of Style, 153
Chinese In-Depth Fertility Surveys, 116
City of Chicago Data Portal, 140
classification codes, 6–7
Climate Change Convention, 41
Columbia University, 145
ComCat, 32
Comext, 91
Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS), 78
Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UNSD), 48
Computational Event Data System, 131–132
Comtrade (Commodity Trade Statistics Database), 88, 89
confidence interval, 158
Consolidated Federal Funds Report (CFFR), 54n1
Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA), 134–135
Constituency-Level Election Archive (CLEA), 121, 122
Consumer Expenditure Survey, 113, 114
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), 76
Consumer Price Index, 48
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 7
Correlates of War project, 126–127
Corruption Perception Index, 126
County Business Patterns, 10–11, 14, 16, 57
CQ Voting and Elections Collection, 123n1
Crime in the United States, 28
CrimeMapping.com, 30
cross-sectional data, 5
Culture-MERIS, 35
Current Employment Statistics (CES), 66
Current Industrial Reports, 62
Current Population Survey, 10, 14, 68, 93, 112, 114, 155
D
Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, 108
data
citing, 151–153
collection of, 7
dissemination of, 7–10
lacuna in, 148
private collection of, 9–10
restrictions on collecting, 9
subtypes of, 4–5
suppression of, 10–11
as term, 3–4
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), 29
Data Centre (UNESCAP), 138
Data Finder (EPA), 33–34
data jargon, 3–7
data reference, 1–2
Data Sharing for Demographic Research (DSDR), 117
datacatalogues.org, 19
DataCite, 152
Data.gov, 14–15, 32, 45, 128n1, 143–144
DataGov, 130–131
DataIntal, 91
Decennial Census, 16, 93, 112, 139, 146, 155. See also U.S. Census Bureau
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), 105
Department of Education (U.K.), 97–98
development banks, regional, 17–19
Digital Curation Center, 152
Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), 107
E
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, 94–95
Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS), 33
Earthquake Hazards Program, 32
ECA Databank, 18
Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Statistical Database, 138–139
Economic Research Service (ERS), 7, 21–22
EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval), 55–56
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research), 41
EDGAR Online, 58
Elections Canada, 123
Electoral Commission (U.K.), 123
Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA), 122
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR), 55–56
Emissions and Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID), 101
Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR), 41
Empirical Studies of Conflict, 127–128
Employee Benefits Survey, 67
Employer Cost for Employee Compensation, 67
Employment Cost Index, 67
Employment Projections, 67
Energy Information Administration (EIA), 7, 99–100
Envirofacts, 34
Environmental Marine Information System (EMIS), 45–46
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 33–34, 44
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Data Finder, 38–39
Eurobarometer, 136n1
European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN), 34
European Commission, 34, 45–46, 53, 114
European Crime and Safety Survey (EU ICS), 29
European Drought Observatory, 34
European Environment Agency, 34–35, 41–42, 45
European Fertility Project, 116
European Forest Data Centre (EFDAC), 34
European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), 34
European Labour Force Survey and Household Budget Surveys, 114
European Soil Portal, 34
European Space Agency (ESA), 35
European Union Open Data Portal, 17
European Values Survey, 135
Eurostat database, 17, 24, 45, 49, 53, 82–83, 114
Expenditure and Food Survey, 114
Exporter Dynamics Database, 90
F
Facility Level Information on Greenhouse Gases Tool (FLIGHT), 39
Facility Registry System, 34
Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST), 126
Failed States Index, 126
Family Resources Survey, 114
FAOSTAT, 23
FastStats, 104
Federal Aviation Administration, 138
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 28
Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology, 7
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), 76
Federal Election Commission (FEC), 119–120
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), 76, 77
Federal Highway Administration, 138
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), 83
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), 83
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 49–50
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 47–48
Federal Reserve Banks, 50
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), 47–48, 66, 75, 83
FedStats, 9
FFIEC Central Data Repository’s Public Data Distribution site, 76, 77
Financial Access Survey, 77–78
Fish and Wildlife Service, 7
Floods Portal, 34
Food Aid Information System, 23–24
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 9, 15, 23
Food Availability Data System, 22
Foreign Trade website, U.S. Census Bureau, 86
Foundation Center, 60
FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research), 49
Fraser Institute, 130
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), 47–48, 66, 75, 83
Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation), 83
Free the World.com, 130
Freedom House, 131
Freedom in the 50 States, 130
Freedom in the World (Freedom House), 131
Fund for Peace, 126
G
Gapminder, 20
General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), 98
General Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus (GEMET), 145
General Social Survey (GSS), 10, 133–134, 155
General Transit Feed Specifications (GTFS) format, 140
George Mason University, 130
Georgetown University, 122
Geospatial Data Gateway, 146
GIEWS Food Price Data and Analysis Tool, 23
GIS, 141
GIS Inventory site, 144
Global Change Master Directory, 33, 35, 39–40
Global Corruption Barometer (Transparency International), 131
Global Database of Events, Language and Tone (GDELT), 131–132
Global Health Observatory Data Repository, 105
Global Land Cover Facility, 35
Global Marine Information System (GMIS), 46
Global Peace Index, 126
Global Terrorism Database (GTD), 127
Globalbarometer Surveys, 135, 136
GlobCover, 35
Google Earth, 38
Google Public Data Explorer, 20
GoogleTransitDataFeed project, 140
GOVDOC-L, 149
Governmental Affairs Institute and Congressional Quarterly, 123n1
Groningen University, 72
GTFS Data Exchange site, 140
H
Halifax House Price Index, 84
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), 88
Harris Interactive, 134
Harvard Election Data Archive, 121
Health, Wellbeing and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean, 116
Health and Social Care Information Centre, 108–109
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), 106
Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal Index of Economic Freedom, 131
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, 76
House Price Index, 84
House Price Indices, 83
Household Economic Survey, 114
Household Expenditure Survey, 114
Human Footprint Index, 145
Human Influence Index, 145
I
ILOSTAT, 68–69
IMF’s Government Finance Statistics (GFS), 53
Immigrant Identity Project (IIP), 116
Immigration Data Hub, Migration Policy Institute, 115
INDSTAT, 48
Industrial Commodity Statistics Database, 62
INSPIRE Geoportal, 145
Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), 34, 45–46
Institute for Statistics (UNESCO), 95
Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research (INSCR), 127, 131
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 94
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS), 146, 155, 158
Integrated Public Use Microdata System (IPUMS), 112–113
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), 18, 48, 91, 130–131
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 145
Internal Revenue Service, 7, 59–60
International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST), 149, 151–152
International Crime Victimization Survey (ICVS), 29
International Data Base (IDB), 114–115
International Energy Agency (IEA), 100–101
International Financial Statistics database (IMF), 48
International Financial Statistics Yearbook (IMF), 148
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 24
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), 121–122
International Labour Organization (ILO), 9, 15, 68–69
International Monetary Fund, 15, 48, 53, 77–78, 148
International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers, 141
International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, 114–115
International Soil Reference and Information Centre, 35
International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), 7, 59
International Tariff and Trade Data Web, 88
International Telecommunications Union, 9, 15
International Trade Administration (ITA), 85, 87
Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), 30, 54n2, 107–108, 117, 123n1, 128, 155
ISRIC—World Soil Information, 35
J
Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University, 19
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, 67–68
Joint Research Centre (European Commission), 34
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 9, 15
K
Kansas Event Data System (KEDS), 132
Kellam, Lynda M., 2
Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM), 68–69
L
LABORSTA, 68
Labour Force Survey, 114
Land Registry, 84
Latin American and Caribbean Macro Watch Data Tool, 48
Latin American Migration Project (LAMP), 116
Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP), 136
Latinobarómetro, 135
Law and Political Science Section of ACRL, 149
Leip, Dave, 123n1
Library of Congress Subject Headings, 148
Livingston Survey, 49
Lloyd’s Banking Group, 84
Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 67
local jurisdictions, 29–30
Locality Pay Survey, 70n2
longitudinal data, 5
Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics program, 69
Louis Harris and Associates, 134
LPSS-L, 149
M
Maddison, Angus, 73
Maddison Project, 73
Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders, 61–62
Maritime Administration, 138
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), 106
Mercatus Center, 130
Metropolitan Police website, 30
Mexican Health and Aging Study, 116
Mexican Migration Project (MMP), 115–116
Migration Policy Institute, 115
Military Expenditure Database, 126
Millennium Development Goals, 40, 95
Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data, 32
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan), 59
Minnesota Population Center, 16–17, 146
MLA guidelines, 153
MODIS, 35
Monitoring and Future Surveys, 108
Multilateral Peace Operations Database, 125–126
MyWATERS Mapper, 44
N
NADA DATA reports, 140
NAICS Related-Party database, 86
NASA Socioeconomic Data and Application Center (SEDAC), 145
National Accounts Main Aggregates, 72
National Accounts Official Country Data, 48
National Addiction and HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP), 107–108
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 33, 35, 39–40, 144, 145
National Agricultural Imagery Program, 146
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), 7, 21–22
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS), 104
National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA), 107, 108
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, 30
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 121
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 94
National Association of Realtors (NAR), 83–84
National Association of Secretaries of State, 121
National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), 140
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), 113
National Cancer Institute, 106
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 7, 93–95
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), 7, 103–105, 107, 113–114
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, 106
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, 7
National Compensation Survey (NCS), 67, 70n2
National Compensation Survey—Benefits, 67
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), 76–77
National Crime Victimization Survey, 28
National Emissions Inventory (NEI), 39
National Gap Analysis Program, 32
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 25n1, 104, 107
National Health Care Surveys (NHCS), 104–105
National Health Interview Survey (NHIX), 104
National Health Service (NHS; England), 108–109
National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS), 14, 16–17, 146
National Home and Hospice Care Survey, 104
National Home Health Aide Survey, 104
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS), 104
National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS), 104
National Hospital Discharge Survey, 104
National Immunization Survey, 105
National Institute of Justice, 30
National Institute on Aging, 108
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 27, 107–108
National Longitudinal Surveys program, 116–117
National Network of State Polls, 134
National Nursing Assistant Survey, 104
National Nursing Home Survey, 104
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 37–38, 45, 144
National Oceanographic Data Center, NOAA, 45
National Opinion Research Center, 133–134
National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC), 144
national statistical agencies, 19, 59
National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, 105
National Survey of Children’s Health, 104–105
National Survey of Family Growth, 104, 107
National Survey of Latinos, 136
National Survey of Residential Care Facilities, 104
National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 107
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 107
National Vital Statistics System, 104, 113–114
National Water Information System, 43–44
NatureServe, 145
NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), 94, 98
NCHHSTP Atlas, 106
NESSTAR software, 134–135
New Immigrant Survey (NIS), 116
New Zealand Health Survey, 109
New Zealand’s Ministry of Health, 109
Nonemployer Statistics, 60n1, 69
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), 35
North American Industry Classification System Codes (NAICS), 6–7
not-for-profit sector, 60
Numeric Data Services and Sources for the General Reference Librarian (Kellam), 2
Nutrition Survey (New Zealand), 109
O
Occupational Employment Statistics (OES), 66–67
Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, 134
OECD.StatExtracts, 17, 24, 139
Office for National Statistics (U.K.), 114
Office of Immigration Statistics, 115
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 30
Office of Population Research, 115–116
Office of Research, Evaluation and Statistics of the Social Security Administration, 7
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), 76, 77
Omega Group, 30
Open Knowledge Foundation, 19, 54
OpenSecrets, 120
OpenSpending, 54
Oral Health Survey (New Zealand), 109
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 17, 24, 58–59, 78, 91, 95–97, 139
Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d’Automobiles (OICA), 141
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 87, 100
P
panel data, 5
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), 117
Penn State Event Data Project, 132
Penn World Table, 72
personal contacts, 148–149
Pew Research Center, 135–136
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, 136
Pew Research Forum on Religion and Public Life, 136
Pew Research Global Attitudes Project, 136
Pew Research Hispanic Center, 136
Pew Research Internet and American Life Project, 136
Piwowar, Heather, 153n1
Police.uk, 30
Policy Agendas Project, 129–130
Political Database of the Americas (PDBA), 122
Polity Project, 131
population, 5
Population and Vital Statistics Report, 115
preferential trade agreement (PTA) database, 90
Primary Mortgage Market Survey, 83
Princeton University, 115–116, 127–128
privacy, 10–11
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), 95–97
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), 95–96
Projections Central, 70n3
Public Transportation Data, 140
PublicData.eu, 19
public-use data, 4
Puerto Rican Elderly Health Conditions study, 116
Q
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (CEW), 66, 67
Quarterly House Price Index, 84
Quarterly Survey of Pubic Pensions, 52
Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI), 69
Quotable Value Ltd., 84
R
Real-Time Data Research Center, 49–50
regional development banks, 17–19
regional trade agreement (RTA) database, 90
Reporters without Borders, 126
Reserve Bank of New Zealand, 78–79
Residential Price Index, 84
restricted data, 4
Reverb tool, 33
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, 136n1
Rosling, Hans, 20
S
S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, 83
sample, definition of, 5
Schedule B, 7
SDA Archive, 134
SDA software. See Survey Description and Analysis (SDA) software
Semiannual Monetary Policy Report, 50
Shiller, Robert, 83
Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ), 97
Special Interest Group on Data Citation (SIGDC), 151–152
Standard & Poors, 83
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code, 56, 88
Standard International Trade Classification (SITC), 7, 88, 89
Stanford University, 133–134
StatBase, 18
state departments of education, 97
state secretaries of state, 121
StatExtracts system, 59
Statistical Abstract of the United States, 14
statistical analysis, 3
Statistical Database System (Asian Development Bank), 49
statistics, description of, 3–4
Statistics New Zealand, 59
Statistics of Income Division of the Internal Revenue Service, 7
Statistics of Income program, 60
statistics reference, 1
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), 125–126
STORET, 44
Structural Analysis Database (STAN), 58–59
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA), 107
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 27, 107
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), 22
Supreme Court Database, 130
Surf Your Watershed tool, 44
Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Program database (SEER), 106
Survey Description and Analysis (SDA) software, 107, 135, 155–160
Survey of Business Owners (SBO), 57, 60n1, 69
Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices, 77
Survey of Income and Housing, 114
Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 117
Survey of Professional Forecasters, 49
surveys, 5
T
Tariff Analysis Online (TAO) site, 90
Terrorism and Preparedness Data Resource Center, 128
time-series data, 5
Toxics Release Inventory, 34
Trade in Value Added (TiVA) data set, 91
TradeStats Express (TSE), 87
TRAINS. See UNCTAD TRAINS (Trade Analysis and Information System)
Transparency International, 126, 131
Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 107
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), 95–96
Truck Inventory and Use Survey, 139
U
UK National Statistics Publication Hub, 59
UNCTAD TRAINS (Trade Analysis and Information System), 88, 89–90
UNESCAP Data Centre, 138
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 95
Uniform Crime Reports, 28
unit of analysis, 6
unit of observation, 6
United Nations, 7, 9, 15–16, 44–45
United Nations Children’s Fund, 9, 15
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 25, 63, 88–89
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 9, 15, 20
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), 19
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, 19
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), 18
United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), 138
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 18, 138–139
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Statistical Database, 24–25
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 18–19, 138
United Nations Educational, Social, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 9, 15, 95
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 23
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 9, 15, 41
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 9, 15
United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 9, 16, 48
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 9, 16, 28–29
United Nations Population Division, 9, 16
United Nations Regional Economic and Social Commissions, 17–19
United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), 9, 16, 48, 62, 72, 100, 115
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 105
United States Historical Election Returns Series, 123n1
universe (population), 5
University of California, 120
University of California–Berkeley, 134
University of California–Davis, 72
University of Chicago, 133–134
University of Maryland, 35, 127
University of Michigan, 30, 117, 128, 133–134
University of Minnesota, 16–17
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 134
University of Pennsylvania, 72
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 116
UN-Water, 44–45
Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), 126
U.S. Border Control, 29
U.S. Census Bureau, 7, 10–11, 13–14, 16, 51–52, 56–57, 61–62, 68, 69, 81–82, 85, 86, 88, 111, 114–115, 117, 139–140, 145, 146, 148, 149, 155
U.S. Centers for Disease Control. See Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 87
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 21, 146
U.S. Department of Commerce, 13–14, 21, 45, 51–52, 56–57, 69, 71–72, 81–82, 85–87, 111, 114–115, 117
U.S. Department of Defense, 125, 128n1
U.S. Department of Education, 93–95, 97
U.S. Department of Energy, 40–41, 99–100
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 106–107
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 29, 115
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 82
U.S. Department of Justice, 28
U.S. Department of Labor, 65–68, 111–113, 116–117
U.S. Department of the Interior, 31–33, 43–44, 144
U.S. Department of the Treasury, 77
U.S. Department of Transportation, 137–138
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 101
U.S. General Services Administration, 14–15, 143–144
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 31–33, 43–44, 144
U.S. International Trade Commission, 88
U.S. International Trade Statistics, 86
U.S. National Institutes of Health, 106, 107
U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 52–53
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 55–56, 58
USA Today, 134
USA Trade Online, 88
USA.gov, 149
USAspending, 52–53
V
Vanderbilt University, 19, 136
variables, use of, 156–157
Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey, 139–140
Vision of Humanity, 126
Vital Statistics of the United States, 148
VitalStats, 114
Volcano Hazards Program, 32
W
Wall Street Journal, 131
WardsAuto, 141
Water Information System for Europe (WISE), 45
Watershed Assessment, Tracking and Environmental Results (WATERS), 44
Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS), 106
weight variables, 157
Wikipedia, 121
Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, 116
World Customs Organization, 7
World Data Center for Atmospheric Trace Gases, 40
World Fertility Survey, 116
World Food Programme, 23–24
World Health Organization, 9, 16, 105
World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS), 89–90
World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 9, 16, 40
World Soil Profiles, 35
World Tourism Organization (WTO), 9, 16
World Trade Organization (WTO), 90, 91
World Values Survey, 135
WorldCat, 148
Worldwide Press Freedom Index, 126
Y
Yahoo! Finance, 58
Z
ZIP Code Business Patterns, 57