Stored in an electronic file, your survey results look like just a stream of 14,000 numbers. This would be a raw data set whose coded content is explained by its associated codebook. By running an analysis on it with a software package, you might be able to assert that Catholic women who own pets are less likely to have heart attacks. An example of the series of values kind of raw data would be the average monthly price of gold for 10 years. A lot of people will say I need some data on this, but really, usually they just need the statistics that summarize some data.
Some historians work with data.
Nursing students may also be interested in data for research projects. We make sure you have the appropriate codebook for your data set. We provide a workstation with SAS, SPSS, and StatTransfer software where you can manipulate data. We have software manuals available for use while working in Data Services. Census data on CD-ROMs are also available from our Government Documents department.