All the resources below offer free, open, trustworthy data and statistics that can be used for research.
Data vs. Statistics:
Data is raw information that requires analysis or interpretation for it to be meaningful and to answer research questions. It is the information that becomes statistics.
Statistics are data that has been interpreted, summarized, and/or processed. They give you quick facts or numbers on a topic.
The primary source for US criminal justice statistics. Topics include crime, victims of crime, criminal offenders, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
80 years of public opinion surveys of Black Americans and how the U.S. public views Black America. This data is available without a Roper Center membership, but to access all of it, email a request to Roper Center Data Services at data-services@ropercenter.org.
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