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Policy and Government
Core resources for Schar School undergraduate and graduate students, and for all Political Science, Public Policy, Government & International Affairs and Public Administration courses.
Find summaries, book chapters, and case studies on research methods (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed). Includes some standard textbooks from SAGE.
US Statistics & Data
Frequently used sources of data and statistics for the United States.
ICPSR is a leading social science data repository. Mason Users Only. Must create MyData account to download data.
Data Format
[Zipped] SPSS, SAS, & Stata or analyzed online using SDA.
Registration
You will need to create an account to download data. George Mason University is an ICPSR member which means students, staff and faculty have full access to its resources.
Official site for accessing decennial Census Bureau data (1990, 2000, 2010), Economic Census (1997, 2002, 2007), Annual American Community Survey Data (2000-present) and more. Replaces American Factfinder, effective July 1, 2019.
Authoritative and comprehensive summary of current statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. Access earlier data (1878 - 2012) from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Contains public opinion polls including full text of 600,000+ questions and responses, from 18,000+ surveys and 1,700+ polling organizations, conducted from 1986 through the present in the United States and more than 100 other countries around the world.
Access data from a leader in the field of public opinion research. Search Roper's iPoll for survey questions and datasets from survey organizations such as Gallup, Harris, Pew Research, ABC, CBS, and more.
You will need to create an account to download data. George Mason University is a Roper Center member which means students, staff and faculty have full access to its resources.
Go to their Download Datasets page then select a topical area. Log in to your account (or create one), then pick a survey and click the "Download" arrow on the right. Papers that used the data are also listed.
Create an account by providing your name and email and accepting a use agreement and terms of use, which includes agreeing only to use the data for research purposes and not trying to identify individuals.
Focus Fast
Look at the top few studies within each topic, which are the most recent.
Global Data
General Country Information
Statista (library subscription)
Portal for statistics with immediate access to over a million statistics and facts. Statista has good international coverage.
SAGE Data (library subscription)
Sage Data provides an all-in-one resource for accessing statistics and data ranging from international to US national and state and local data.
Proquest Statistical Abstracts of the World (library subscription)
The Proquest Statistical Abstracts of the World is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions.
World Factbook
Basic country information and statistics.
Data from International Organizations & Statistical Agencies
Census Bureau's International Programs Data
Includes: International Data Base (IDB) - demographic indicators, population pyramids, and source information for countries. World Population Summary, Country Rankings, HIV/AIDS Surveillance, and Global Population Mapping.
OECD
Statistics on various topics for OECD member and non-member countries. Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD).
UN Statistical Databases
Links to national and international statistical information and publications (UN Statistics Division).
World Bank
This site provides access to World Bank data ranging from easy-to-use to research data sets (microdata).
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