If you intend to collect your own data by conducting research with human subjects, you MUST receive approval from your school's Institutional Review Board (IRB) to ensure information is kept confident and/or anonymous.
Before analyzing data, determine the level of measurement associated with the data:
When visualizing data:
Consider what kind of data you are looking for:
Once you have determined the type of data you need, consider where this data may be found - who might collect this data?
If you are interested in using someone else's data set, make sure that you either have permission or that you are using a data set from an open access website.
Remember...
Open access refers to online research that is freely accessible to everyone. For finding data, check out any of these open access resources listed below:
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