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SOCI 111 / HSOC 111: Health of Populations Course Guide: Analyzing and Presenting Data

Online Data Analysis

Even without statistical software on your computer, some data providers enable users to analyze their data through a web browser.

General Social Survey
The GSS is an almost annual, "omnibus," personal interview survey of U.S. households conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) since 1972

Online Data Analysis through ICPSR
Social science data sets that can analyzed with cross-tabs and more, through the SDA interface.
SDA Archive
Links to data sets that can be analyzed online using the SDA interface, including the GSS and the National Health Interview Survey.
BADGIR
Selected health studies that can be analyzed or subsetted online.

Using Excel

Excel Tutorials from WIC
Charts, data analysis, and statistics with MS Excel.
Make Your Own Population Pyramid in Excel

Other Data Visualization Tools

PolicyMap
Covers the U.S.; includes rates of obesity, diabetes, prenatal care, and health insurance.

HealthLandscape
Health indicator mapping for the U.S.
County Health Rankings

Writing About and Citing Data

Last Updated: Dec 7, 2019 10:23 PM
URL: https://guides.library.upenn.edu/HSOC111
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Subjects: Health & Societies, Population Studies & Demography, Sociology

Tags: data, demographics