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• Political parties and election results, 1997 and 2000 ( More about this ) - Students examine returns from the elections of 1997 and 2000 by region, and analyze the data both with visual representations such as graphs and charts and in written form by writing papers suggesting electoral strategies for various political parties. Creator: Statistics Canada Submitted on: 07/07/2010 Subject: North America, elections, voters Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division) Type: Lesson/Lesson Plan, Activity Relevance

• Piecewise modeling with multiple functions: Federal Debt ( More about this ) - This lesson, from Statistics Canada's E-Stat, asks students to model the Canadian federal debt since independence in 1867 using a piecewise function containing exponential, linear and quadratic periods. Also teaches the use of r^2 tests to determine what function best models a scatter plot. Creator: Statistics Canada Submitted on: 07/07/2010 Subject: debt, North America Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division) Type: Lesson/Lesson Plan, Activity Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• General Social Survey 1972-2006 Subset ( More about this ) - Simplified data sets for SPSS analysis by undergraduates dealing with a longitudinal survey on American public opinions from 1972-2006. Allows students to learn time series analysis with SPSS and to understand the shifts in public opinion over contemporary US history. Creator: John L. Korey Submitted on: 05/25/2010 Subject: attitudes Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Database Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Countries ( More about this ) - Simplified datasets from the CIA World Factbook, in SPSS files, for analysis by introductory students. Teaches both about world politics, economics and demographics and about social scientific research methods by allowing students to use statistical software to analyze relationships between several governmental, economic and quality-of-life variables for countries throughout the world. Creator: John L. Korey Submitted on: 05/25/2010 Subject: counties Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Database Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• American National Election Study 2004 Subset ( More about this ) - A series of prepackaged datasets relating to public opinion surveys regarding the 2004 elections. Data can be cross-tabulated to examine correlations between different opinions, or to examine correlations between specific beliefs and party or candidate preference. Creator: John L. Korey Submitted on: 05/25/2010 Subject: elections, statistical models, voters, voters Education Level: High School, Graduate/Professional, Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Database Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Law, Crime, and Courts ( More about this ) - Provides data related to law, crime, and courts, including: law enforcement, legal responsibility, legal rights, legal action, legal systems, legal services, legal aid, legislation, national security, and policing. All resources are provided by the Australian Social Science Data Archive and therefore pertain to Australia. Submitted on: 05/25/2010 Subject: , crime, courts, Australia Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Database Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Respondents' reporting whether they think the torture of suspected terrorists in order to gain information is justified ( More about this ) - Statistical table showing respondents' perceptions toward the use of torture against suspected terrorists. Creator: The Pew Research for the People and the Press Submitted on: 05/24/2010 Subject: , crime, North America, attitudes Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division) Type: Database Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Respondants' perception of the Nation's progress in coping with illegal drugs ( More about this ) - Statistical table showing respondents's perceptions towards the nation's progress in coping with illegal drugs. Creator: The Gallup Organization Submitted on: 05/24/2010 Subject: drugs, North America Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division) Type: Database Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Attitudes toward the legality of homosexual relations ( More about this ) - Statistical table showing the attitudes towards the legality of homosexual relations in terms of demographic characteristics. It shows that Whites, younger age groups, higher education, and higher income correlate with more liberal views towards homosexual relations Creator: The Gallup Organization Submitted on: 05/24/2010 Subject: attitudes, policy, demography Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division) Type: Database Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Per Capita Energy Consumption ( More about this ) - Chart ranking states by per capita energy consumption shows it to be an almost perfect inverse of population density. Could be used in a course dealing with energy policy or as a crossover in many other course. Might be especially interesting, for instance, in a course about governing institutions at their consequences on policy using the uneven representation in the United States Senate and the uncertain future of the Cap-and-Trade climate bill to demonstrate the importance of institutions. Creator: California Department of Finance Submitted on: 05/18/2010 Subject: energy, environment, climate, pollution, utilities, conservation Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division) Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance