Data Sources/Accessing Data

NOTES:

• Many data sources provide data in a downloadable format such as Excel (.xlsx) or .csv. I reccomend savind data as CSV UTF-8 files with a .csv postscript.

• The list below is in alphabetical order and is not an exhaustive list.

• Some data sources do not provide data in a downloadable format so the data values have to be scraped from the website.

BIllboard

• Scraping required

BEA - Bureau of Economic Analysis
BLS- Bureau of Labor Statistics
Box Office Mojo

• Scraping required but it’s straightforward.

Data World

• An ecclectic library of data that can be searched by topic of interest

Department of Energy - Prices & Trends
Federal Reserve Data
Kaggle

• An ecclectic library of data that can be searched by topic of interest
• Kaggle also holds competitions where data scientists can win money and build a reputation

Our World in Data

• Good source for geographic and demographic data

Sports Reference

• Scraping required
• Wide range of sports data

Statista

• Syracuse University Libraries provides paid membership access
• Use link above and then sign in with SU NetID and Password
• Excellent resource for public and private sector data

US.Gov - Data and Statistics about the US

• Includes MANY topics including BLS and DOE above

Yahoo Finance

• Stock data can be directly imported into R as an xts dataset

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