Statistics

Use the drop-down menu to choose between Budget, Economy, Labor, Taxes, and Trade; Crime and Justice; GIS; Health Science; Meteorology and Oceanography; and Multi-Disciplinary data set resources.

Do you need data or statistics? 

Use data … if you need to do in-depth analysis for research

• If you want to make a correlation between aggressive behavior and gender and video games, you may need to find data and establish your own correlation.
• If you want to make a point that too much government money is spent on moon exploration, you may need to find data to compare money spent on social issues vs. moon exploration

Use statistics … if you need quick facts to make a point.

• If your point is that more males than females report bringing weapons onto campus, you can find statistics to support your argument.
• If you're arguing that the price of textbooks has been rising, you can find statistics to prove it.

Source: Old Dominion University Libraries