Teaching: Datasets for classes

Data for courses

Forest Fire data
- http://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/machine-learning-databases/forest-fires/forestfires.csv
- http://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/machine-learning-databases/forest-fires/forestfires.names
- http://www.dsi.uminho.pt/~pcortez/fires.pdf
Baseball Hitting Statistics
- http://www.seanlahman.com/baseball-archive/statistics/
- Lahman_Batting2018.csv
- Lahman_Batting2021.csv
- Lahman_People2021.csv
Yearly Mean Sunspots
- http://www.sidc.be/silso/infosnytot
- sunspots_yearly.csv
Ohio Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
- https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/annual_data/annual_2018.html
- https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/annual_data/2018/pdf/codebook18_llcp-v2-508.pdf
- ohioBRFSS2018.csv
Census Bureau - Retail Trade and Food Services
- https://www.census.gov/econ/currentdata/dbsearch?program=MRTS&startYear=1992&endYear=2019&categories=44X72&dataType=SM&geoLevel=US&adjusted=1&notAdjusted=1&submit=GET+DATA&releaseScheduleId=
- monthlyRetailNSA.xls
- monthlyRetailNSA.csv
Weekly US Unemployment Insurance Claims (funky format)
- usUnemploymentClaims.csv
Opioid deaths from CDC and related
- stateOpioidDeaths2012.csv
- stateOpioidDeaths2017.csv
- state_Opioid_Deaths2019.csv
- state_abb_codes.csv
- censusRegions.csv
- marchStateUnemployment.csv
- gasoline_prices.csv
Cincinnati Weather Forecast
- Data Expo 2018
- cincy2016forecast.txt
Facebook Metrics
- dataset_Facebook.csv
- Facebook_metrics.txt
- https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Facebook+metrics
Gapminder Data
- Income, life expectancy, happiness, human development index, population, and mapping of countries to regions. Most recent observed data is 2018, hence the file name.
- gapminder2018.RData
- https://www.gapminder.org/data/
Ohio Population Estimates (2019)
- Extracted from the American Community Survey
- Population estimate for each county, stratified by age groups
- OhioCountyPopulation_byAge2019.csv
Ohio Population from 2020 Census
- Extracted from Original census record (CSV).
- Population estimate for each county, stratified by age groups
- OhioCountyPopulation_byAge2020.csv
Popular baby names in the USA from 1880 to 2020.
- usBabyNames1880_2020.csv
- Obtained from Kaggle, originally from the US Social Security Administration
Palmer penguins data for STA 308
- Data munged from original Palmer penguins data for use in class
- palmer_penguins.csv
- penguins2007.csv
- penguins2008.txt
- penguins2009.RData
University League Tables
- Data from: “University league tables have no legs to stand on” by Adrian Barnett, Elizabeth Gadd
- senior_expert_ratings_tall.csv in a “tall” format
- senior_expert_ratings_wide.csv in a “wide” format
Sports Viewership Data
- viewership_data.csv
- Data to mimic the first plot from fivethirtyeight: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-massive-the-nfl-really-is-in-4-charts/
- Data was obtained via wikipedia for the various sports
Automobile Fuel Efficiency
- auto-mpg-data-original.txt
- Originally from: https://archive.ics.uci.edu/dataset/9/auto+mpg
Fabricated toy dataset of Bachelor of Arts - Data Analytics students
- CSV Format: bada_students_csv.txt
- Space Separated: bada_students_tab.txt
- Fixed Width: bada_students_fwf.txt
Natality and Population in time
- Data is from the US Census and CDC - by year and other demographic information
- CDC Natality: natalityInTime0122.RData
- US Census Bureau Population Estimates: census_population_by_age_sex.csv
Stephen Curry game-level statistics in the playoffs
- From Basketball reference
- Data: stephCurryPlayoffs.csv
CDC Flu & Pneumonia Mortality
- 2018: fluPneumonia_2018.csv
- 2021: fluPneumonia_2021.csv

Data for STA 363 and 672

In Fall 2025, STA 363 underwent an overall, below are the datasets used for the daily lecture notes in that course (in approximation order of when the data are introduced).

Data from Rossman/Chance Applet Collection
Dehumidifier Power usage (One-way with Block design)
- humidity.txt
- Devore, Jay L., and Kenneth N. Berk. 2012. Modern Mathematical Statistics with Applications. 2nd ed. Springer Texts in Statistics. New York, NY: Springer.
Beverage Sales (Two-way design)
- beverageSales.csv
- Levine, David M., Timothy C. Krehbiel, and Mark L. Berenson. 2006. Business Statistics: A First Course. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Dental Hardness (Two-way with block design)
- dental_filling_hardness.csv
- Oehlert, Gary W. 2000. A First Course in Design and Analysis of Experiments. New York, NY: W. H. Freeman.
Nail Withdrawal Strength
- nail_strengths.csv
- Rammer, Douglas R., Selwyn G. Winistorfer, and Donald A. Bender. 2001. “Withdrawal Strength of Threaded Nails.” Journal of Structural Engineering 127 (4): 442–49.
Ohio and Midwest Small College data
- ohio_small_colleges.csv
- midwest_small_colleges.csv
- sta363_dataCode_smallCollegeData.R
- Original source: collegeresults.org
Motorboats in Florida and Manatees killed
- manatee.csv
- Origin of source: Triola, Mario F. 2004. Elementary Statistics. 9th ed. New York, NY: Pearson Education, Inc.
- Data updated from Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
UV Light Penetration Depths and DOC Measures
- berry_uv_doc.csv
- sta363_dataCode_berryUVdata.R
- Berry et al. (2026) Decreased water transparency of nearshore Laurentian Great Lakes habitats is driven by increased dissolved organic carbon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 83: 1-9.
Nitrate Levels in Hueston Woods State Park
- farthing_nitrate.csv
- Farthing et al. (2024) Effects of a Forested State Park on Stream Nutrient Concentrations in an Agriculturally Dominated Watershed in the U.S. Midwest. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 60 (4): 851–64.
Car Seat Position
- seatpositions.csv
- Faraway, J. (2006) Extending the Linear Models with R: Generalized Linear, Mixed Effects and Nonparametric Regression Models. Chapman and Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science, Boca Raton, Florida; London, UK; New York, NY.
CDC YRBSS Bullying Data
- cdc_yrbss_2023.csv
- CDC Youth Risk Surveillence System Survey 2023
- Original Source: CDC YRBSS Website
Spider Cannibalism
- spiderCannibalism.csv
- Peck, R., C. Olsen, and J. L. Devore. 2011. Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis. Cengage Learning.