LibGuides: Business and Management guide for students at Sunway: Statistics

STATISTA

Statista provides students, faculty and researchers with an innovative, and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data and statistics aggregating from 18,000 sources and on 75,000 different topics.

Books about using statistics

Statistics for business and economics. 8th edition by Paul Newbold
Call Number: TDHS
ISBN: 0273767062
Publication Date: 2013
Available in print and as an electronic book
Statistics for economics, accounting and business studies. 5th edition by Michael Barrow
Call Number: T3S
ISBN: 0273717944
Publication Date: 2009
Available in print and as an electronic book

Statistical sources

Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States economic statistical information
International Trade Statistics
Comprehensive overview of the latest developments in world trade, covering the details of merchandise trade by product and trade in commercial services by category from the World Trade Organization.
LABORSTA
Employment statistics and industry data for more than 200 countries from the International Labour Office
LSHTM Data Compass
A digital repository of research datasets produced by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Covers health and health equity in the UK and worldwide.
Market Access Database
European Union Trade Statistics
OECD iLIbrary
OECD iLibrary is an index to all of the publications and datasets released by OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), International Energy Agency (IEA), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and International Transport Forum (ITF) since 1998 - currently.
OECD Factbook
OFFSTATS
International official statistics available on the web
Quandl
Search Quandl's index to over 2,000,000 financial, economic and social datasets

UK Data Service Discover This link opens in a new window
A wide range of secondary data including large-scale government surveys, international macro-data, business micro-data, qualitative studies and census data from 1971 to 2011. Accessing certain data will require registering a personal account.

UK National Statistics
From the Office for National Statistics
World Development Indicators
World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.
Zanran
Search engine for data and statistics

Health statistics

Data.gov.uk
UK local and national government datasets available for re-use
Department of Health
Links to their publications and statistics
Health Survey for England
HES Online
Hospital Episode Statistics - admissions to NHS hospitals in England. HES also contains details of all NHS outpatient appointments in England.
NHS Digital
This service provides NHS data, statistical publications and IT infrastructure to the NHS. Includes admissions, outpatient and workforce data, and access to reports such as the Health Survey for England.
Office for National Statistics
Health and care data
Office of Health Economics
Public Health England Statistics

Statista (including Global Consumer Survey)
Statista provides students, faculty and researchers with an innovative, time-saving and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data and statistics aggregating from 18,000 sources and on 75,000 different topics.

The Statista Global Consumer Survey offers a global perspective on consumption and media usage, covering the offline and online world of the consumer. It is designed to help marketers, planners and product managers understand consumer behavior and consumer interactions with brands.
UK Data Service Discover
A wide range of secondary data including large-scale government surveys, international macro-data, business micro-data, qualitative studies and census data from 1971 to 2011. Accessing certain data will require registering a personal account.