Data Sets

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) offers more than 500,000 digital files containing social science research data. Disciplines represented include political science, sociology, demography, economics, history, gerontology, criminal justice, public health, foreign policy, terrorism, health and medical care, early education, education, racial and ethnic minorities, psychology, law, substance abuse and mental health, and more. OneLogin authentication is required to access this archive, which is provided by subscription through the PAU Library.

The Child and Family Data Archive (CFData) holds hundreds of datasets and accompanying documentation concerning policy and practice related to young children, their families and communities, and the programs that serve them. CFData preserves and disseminates data on these topics for secondary data analysis and offers this search tool for access to their database. All data sets are freely available or accessible via ICPSR using your OneLogin credentials.

Explore this list of psychology-tagged data sets collected in data.world, an open platform for sharing and finding data resources. You can use the search box to explore data sets using other tags, like "education" or "counseling." Create a free account to get the most out of this search tool.

The Pew Research Center studies a wide range of topics including politics and policy; news habits and media; the internet and technology; religion; race and ethnicity; international affairs; social, demographic and economic trends; science; research methodology and data science; and immigration and migration. The Pew Research Center makes its data available to the public for secondary analysis after a period of time.