MS8: Finding Data and Statistics

This page from the U.S. News* compiles 100 of the schools with the lowest admission rates.
*data gathered by U.S. News survey of colleges in 2014

This list from Powerscore (not an unbiased source) shows the usual range of test scores accepted by colleges in the U.S.

Find and download data on income, employment, unemployment, pay & benefits, etc.

This site allows researchers to look at data concerning national, international, industry and other topics in economics.

National Homeless has provided downloadable factsheets on this topic.

This page from PBS, while not organized in list or spreadsheet format, does provide some information about homelessness.

Homelessness.org provides this "snapshot" of quick figures on this topic.

This site is a U.S. government site dedicated to getting the word out about distracted driving, i.e., texting and using the phone while driving.

This site from the CDC breaks down the statistics of driving while under the influence.

This collection of statistics from MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) link back to the original studies. This is a good compilation for finding information at a glance, but dig a little deeper once you find information here in order to double-check its accuracy.

This site has a lot of information on disasters and their risk factors. Scroll through for different reports and data points.