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United States

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States

US Census Files

Document name

Characteristics

Description

CACounties

Data from Geography with 58 cases, 7 attributes. Useful for Activity, Project

Population data about each of the 58 counties in California. Good for data exploration.

Cemetery

Data from Demography with 131 cases, 5 attributes. Useful for Project

Dates on St Augustine's Catholic Cemetery crypt blocks, Pleasanton, CA.

CoastStarlight

Activity from Algebra with 17 cases, 4 attributes. Useful for Activity

Study the speed of the Coast Starlight Amtrak as it proceeds from Seattle to Los Angeles

CPI by Month

Data from Economics with 1104 cases, 5 attributes. Useful for Activity, Project

Monthly CPI data from 1913 to 2000. Can we detect seasonal variations?

CPI

Data from Economics with 91 cases, 2 attributes. Useful for Activity, Project

Yearly CPI data from 1913 to 1997.

Defense Spending 1940-1992

Data from Economics with 55 cases, 3 attributes. Useful for Activity, Project

Defense spending as a percent of federal spending and as a percent of GNP.

Election04CA

Data from Political Science with 59 cases, 18 attributes. Useful for Activity, Project

Presidential voting results for all the counties in California for the 2004 presidential election. Good for building a multiple regression model.

Murders

Data from Sociology with 1656 cases, 18 attributes. Useful for Project

Chicago murders from 1970 and 1990. Very interesting for data exploration.

Names

Data from Demography with 6244 cases, 5 attributes. Useful for Activity, Project

The most frequently occurring last names, male first names, and female first names in the U.S. in the year 1990.

SATGPA

Data from Education with 1000 cases, 5 attributes. Useful for Activity, Project

SAT scores and college grade point averages. Is there any relationship?

SquareDegrees

Data from Geography with 1310 cases, 4 attributes. Useful for Activity

Population and area of every square degree of latitude and longitude.

TexasCounties

Data from Demography with 254 cases, 25 attributes. Useful for Project

Demographic information on each of Texas' counties, viewable in map form through coloration.

US - Cities

Data from Demography with 77 cases, 17 attributes. Useful for Project

Demographic information for 77 cities.

US - ViolentCrimeArrests

Data from Sociology with 28 cases, 13 attributes. Useful for Project

1971-1997 time series of violent crime arrests for all US.

US_ContinentalPop

Data from Geography with 923 cases, 6 attributes. Useful for Activity, Demonstration

Square degrees of longitude and latitude with population and area. Set up in map form to display regions by population density.

US_LifeExpectancyOverTime

Data from Demography with 1140 cases, 5 attributes. Useful for Project

1948-1997 data. Each year giving life expectancy broken down by sex. Years to live and life expectancy for various ages for each year.


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