Research with DataFerrett, a free data mining and extraction tool developed by the U.S. Census Bureau

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US Census Bureau's DataFerret

Submitted by justgrimes on Sat, 2009-05-30

DataFerrett (Federated Electronic Research, Review, Extraction, and Tabulation Tool) is a free data mining and extraction tool developed by the U.S. Census Bureau that allows users to search, browse, combine, tabulate, recode, and analyze statistical data from a network of online data libraries. The DataFerret software can be downloaded from the website or ran in the browser via a java applet.

Some material to read before getting started:
DataFerret Brochure
Getting Starting with DataFerrett Tour
DataFerret User Guide

Available data sets included:

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  American Community Survey (ACS)
  American Housing Survey (AHS)
  Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
  Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES)
  County Business Patterns (CBP)
  Current Population Survey (CPS)
  Decennial Census of Population and Housing
  Harvard-MIT Data Center Collection
  Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)
  Local Employment Dynamics (LED)
  National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)
  National Center for Health Statistics Mortality (MORT)
  National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HANES)
  National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
  National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
  National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife (FHWAR)
  Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)
  Social Security Administration (SSA)
  Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
  Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD)

DataFerret is a wonderful tool for exploring and analyzing data. Enjoy!

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