Chapter 6: Statistics, Polls, and Surveys

Government Printing Office: GPO Access, http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html
U.S. Bureau of the Census, http://www.census.gov
U.S. Department of Commerce, http://www.commerce.gov
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, http://www.bea.gov
U.S. International Trade Administration, http://www.ita.doc.gov
U.S. Department of Transportation, http://www.dot.gov
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, http://www.epa.gov
FedStats, http://www.fedstats.gov
Statistical Programs of the United States Government,http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/inforeg/statpolicy.html
Statistics Canada definitions of Data Quality,http://www.statcan.ca/english/concepts/inform.htm
Statistics Canada’s Quality 2002 Assurance Framework,
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub
/12-586-XIE/12-586-XIE02001.pdf
OMB Watch, http://www.ombwatch.org
Union of Concerned Scientists, “Scientific Integrity and PolicyMaking,” http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/rsi/page.cfm?pageID=1322
United Nations National and International Data Sources and Links,
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/inter-natlinks/sd_natstat.htm
Statistics Finland: WebStat, http://webstat.stat.fi/etusivu_en.html

Principal Statistical Agencies, http://www.fedstats.gov/agencies
The following are all federal agencies with statistical programs, which are described and linked via the above URL: Bureau of Economic Analysis; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Energy Information Administration; Economic Research Service; Environmental Protection Agency; Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division; National Agricultural Statistics Service; National Center for Education Statistics; National Center of Health Statistics; National Science Foundation’s Science Resource Statistics; The Social Security Administration’s Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics; Office of Management and Budget.

• Statistical Abstract of the U.S., http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-03.html
• Bureau of the Census: Economic Census, http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/
• Bureau of the Census: American Factfinder, http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
• United Nations: Links to Official Statistical Agencies, http://www.unece.org/stats/links.htm
• United Nations: Millennium Country Profiles, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mi/mi.asp
• Global Statistical Finder: Finland’s WebStat, http://webstat.stat.fi/etusivu_en.html
• OECD, http://www.oecd.org
• Pew Internet & American Life Project, http://www.pewinternet.org
• Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, http://www.people-press.org
• Comscore, http://www.comscore.com
• ACSI Index, http://www.theacsi.org/industry_scores.htm
• PollingReport, http://www.pollingreport.com
• ClickZ, http://www.clickz.com
• Statistics.com, http://www.statistics.com
• NationMaster, http://www.nationmaster.com
• Fortune Lists, http://www.fortune.com/fortune/alllists
• Forbes Lists, http://www.forbes.com/lists/
• Best of the Business Web, http://www.bestbizweb.com
• Zoomerang, http://www.zoomerang.com
• SurveySite, http://www.surveysite.com

Additional source on survey creation and their proper use:
• Bill Trochim's Center for Social Research Methods, http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/