Making sense of data
Web Links
Links to websites you may find useful for this FSMQ are given below. The addresses and content of websites sometimes change. If you have any problems please contact June Haighton.
Advertising Association
Facts and figures such as spending on TV advertisements, newspaper circulation figures.
http://www.adassoc.org.uk
BBC Weather
5 day forecasts and lots of other information.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather
CIA World factbook
Lots of information on a country by country basis.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Carnegie Mellon University - Data and Story Library
Methods gives datafiles for basic techniques like scatterplots and averages as well as more advanced methods.
Topics are given in alphabetical order from Archaeology and Astronomy to Weather and Zoology.
http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Statistics
Fastats gives data from America on all sorts of health-related topics. Available in pdf format.
http://www.cdc.gov/scientific.htm
Climatic Research Unit University of East Anglia
Animations showing global warming and datasets involving climate.
http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk
Cricket
Cricket statistics
http://uk.cricinfo.com
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Air Quality, Climate, Energy and other environmental statistics
http://www.defra.gov.uk
Department of Transport, Local Government and Regions
For all sorts of statistics involving aviation, railways, roads and shipping
http://www.dft.gov.uk
Environment Agency
Information and statistics relating to Air Quality, Conservation, Navigation, Waste, Water Quality, etc
http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Excel Tutorials (Clemson Univesity)
Excel Tutorials (Clemson Univesity) includes useful tutorials on the use of Excel in many areas of mathematics.
http://phoenix.phys.clemson.edu/tutorials/excel/index.html
Federation Internationale de Natation
Swimming and diving statistics
http://www.fina.org
Football 365
Tables and graphs giving football data from the UK, Europe and the World.
http://stats.football365.co.uk
Global Statistics
Data for the whole world, continents, countries, cities and districts.
Charts gives information about area, cities, population, airports, rivers, mountains and much more in tabular and chart forms.
http://www.xist.org/
Home Office
has information about burglaries, car theft, assaults and other crimes.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk
International Amateur Athletic Federation
Results followed by Records gives the current records for track and field events.
Toplists gives information about best performances (name of athlete, time/distance, windspeed, nationality, date of birth, position, venue, date).
http://www.iaaf.org/
International Ski Federation
Cross country, ski jumping, free-style, snowboarding, etc
http://www.fis-ski.com
Mori Polls
Results of polls and surveys carried out in the UK.
http://www.mori.com
Motor Sport
Results and statistics for Formula 1, rallying, motorcycling etc
http://www.worldmotorsport.com
Numeracy Higher
On-line tutorials and interactive worked problems involving graphs and charts, averages, measures of spread and correlation.
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/nq/ics/ofdl/numeracy/higher/menu.htm
Office for National Statistics and UK National Statistics Online
Comprehensive range of official statistics on a national and local scale. Includes data relating to earnings, population, health, leisure, climate and many other topics.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
For statistics relating to fire, housing, local government, etc
http://www.odpm.gov.uk
Peter Larsson's Track and Field all-time Performances
For best athletic performances in a wide range of events.
http://www.algonet.se/~pela2/index.html
Professional Darts Corporation
Darts results and statistics
http://www.planetdarts.co.uk
Royal Statistical Society
Free teaching resources for statistics. Includes real datasets.
http://www.rsscse.org.uk/resources/schools.asp
School Census
Results of surveys carried out in schools in the UK, South Africa, Queensland and New Zealand. Includes data in spreadsheets and worksheets.
http://www.censusatschool.ntu.ac.uk
The Gallup Organisation
Data from surveys carried out in the UK as well as America.
http://www.gallup.com/
The Met Office
for weather data - temperature, precipitation, windspeed etc.
http://www.met-office.gov.uk
UK National Lottery
Gives winning numbers, machine and ball set used, jackpot etc. Data can be downloaded as comma-separated variables specially designed for importing onto spreadsheets.
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk
UN Food and Agriculture Organisation
Select a data set and submit a query - gives the answer not the full data set.
http://www.fao.org/waicent/portal/statistics_en.asp
UN Population Division
World Population figures, including projections
http://www.un.org/popin
US Census Bureau
Data from the 2000 Census.
http://www.census.gov
United Nations (UN) Development Programme
Human Development Report gives tables of information such as poverty, health and education profiles, population trends and military expenditure for both industrial and developing countries.
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Statistical Data On-line. Select a topic and country to access data given in lists, tables and charts.
http://www.unece.org/stats/
Up My Street
Information is given after entering the postcode or name of a town in the form of line graphs and tables about property prices, GCSE and A level results, crime figures, local politics etc. Some results can be compared with the national average or another location.
http://www.upmystreet.com
World Climate
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall
Choice of cities.
http://www.worldclimate.com
World Health Organisation
includes the WHO Statistical Information System that allows you to search for information or select from a list. Some data is available on Excel files.
http://www.who.org