Finding data sets PART 3: Weather, geographical and government data

This is the third post in my dataset series. The first part gave a more general overview on where to get data. In the second post I listed sources for sports, movies, music and books data. This section will give you information on how to get weather, public/governmental data and how to find GIS data. … Continue reading Finding data sets PART 3: Weather, geographical and government data

Finding data sets Part 2: TV, music, book ratings and sports data

The first part gave a more general overview on where to get data. This section will give you specific data sources, e.g. if you like sports, movies, books, … and so on. Over the next couple of weeks you’ll find these posts on my blog: General data sources TV, music, book ratings and sports data … Continue reading Finding data sets Part 2: TV, music, book ratings and sports data

Finding data sets Part 1: General data sources

I often encounter interesting algorithms or R packages which I want to test. The nice ones provide data for testing but often it is only dummy data. To get a good understanding of the method and its limitations real data might be required. Sometimes I would also like to explore data I have not used … Continue reading Finding data sets Part 1: General data sources