Data Resources on VET

Data sets are also stored on the VET system. In particular, data from the Interuniversity Consortium of Political and Social Research (ICPSR) and the Compustat/CRSP data are located in a directory on the VET system. This directory is located in /vet2/findata/ICPSR or /vet2/findata/COMPUSTAT. The ICPSR web site provides current data sets and documentation which can be acquired via the university representative.

Additional data is available throughout the web. Some other sites include:

• Compustat Data Site This is the official site of Compustat.
• Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) This is the official site of CRSP.
• CRSP Data Analysis Site This site provides a number of links focusing on the analysis of the Center for Research in Security Prices data and explanation of statistical analysis using SAS and other programs.
• Stanford's Graduate School of Business This site focuses on the Compustat and CRSP data and their analysis in SAS.
• Emory University Data Services This site, created by Patrick Moriarty, provides an indepth list of social science data available around the web.
• International Relations Data This site, created by Paul Hensel, Joseph Eyerman, and William Reed of Florida State University, provides numerous links to a variety of economic, political, and demographic data sets focusing on cross national research.
• Geographic and Demographic Data Another site created by Paul Hensel at Florida State University
• Data Resources This site, created by Richard Tucker of Harvard University, provides links to economic, electoral, demographic, currency conversion, and social data.
• GIS Spatial Data Sites
• Harvard-MIT Data Center
• Political, Economic, and Environmental Data Sources