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Public data sources

November 10, 2016 By editor

ethernet cables

Data science requires data. Yep. Insightful.

Unless you work at a data-rich organization, data can be hard to obtain. You may want to try out a new technique or tool. Alternatively, you may need additional data to fuse with your own limited in-house data. In either case, Nathan Yau’s updated list of public data sources might help.

He lists sources for the following types of data

  • demographic
  • health
  • geographic
  • news
  • sports
  • general purpose
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