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Mathematics and Statistics

Mathematics and Statistics

These resources can be useful for identifying datasets for applied statistical analysis as well as providing business intelligence for data science courses.  Additionally, the company & industry tools provide great insights into potential employers:

Statistical Data & Business/Industry Library Resources

Financial Times (FT.com)

Financial Times (FT.com)

Link will direct to a secure page of institutional Usernames & Passwords.  Scroll to Financial Times.  You will need to register with your University email address and password of your choice.  

Financial Times include live global market data and interactive data sets.

MarketLine Advantage

MarketLine Advantage

Industry and company profiles, management reports, statistics and market data and analysis.

 

 

Statista

Statista

Statistics, market & consumer reports, industry forecasts and trends and business intelligence portal.  The platform consists of over 1,500,000 statistics on over 80,000 topics from more than 18,000 sources.

FAME

FAME

Contains information on 3.8 million companies in the UK and Ireland, 2.8 million of which are in detailed format

Census Dissemination Unit

Census Dissemination Unit

Access datasets for recent UK Population censuses.

Census Boundary Data

Census Boundary Data

UK boundaries datasets.
Login to Existing Users>choose Plymouth University

Free Statistics Websites

UK Data Service

UK Data Service

Social, Economic & Population data

Office of National Statistics

Office of National Statistics

The UK's largest independent producer of official statistics and the recognised national statistical institute of the UK.

The Global Economy.com

The Global Economy.com

Data from multiple official sources such as the World Bank, the United Nations, the US Energy Information Administration, UNESCO, and the World Economic Forum. All data and charts on the site are available for free download.