Recent Data-Related News

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Amazon Hopes to Cash in on Research Market (public data) (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 8, 2008)

Unhappy People Watch More TV Than Happy People, U-Md. Researcher Finds (Washington Post, November 23, 2008)

Big Ten Professors Create Election Poll (Daily Collegian -- Penn State, October 24, 2008)

For 2010 Census, Counting Gets Tougher (USA Today, October 10, 2008)

Census Data Show Troubling Trends for Uninsured (Kansas City Star, August 26, 2008)

Married Folks Still the Healthiest (NHIS) (US News & World Report, August 11, 2008)

Census Won't Count Gay Marriages (Washington Post, July 18, 2008)

Researchers to Give Wisconsin a Physical Exam (Wisconsin State Journal, June 7, 2008)

Environment Gets High Marks in Badger Poll (The Capital Times, May 2, 2008)

Census Back to Pen & Paper (Washington Post, April 4, 2007; free registration required)

Kenya: Census Plans on Track Despite Displacement (allAfrica.com, March 19, 2008)
   Liberia: Citizens Prepare for First Census in 24 Years (allAfrica.com, March 19, 2008)
   Southern Sudanese Head Home to be Counted in Census (Daily Nation, Kenya, March 17, 2008)

Poll Finds a Fluid Religious Life in U.S. (New York Times, February 26, 2008; free registration required)

Wisconsin in Focus: Census Bureau Pre-Primary Snapshot (U.S. Census Bureau, February 13, 2008)

Ordnance Survey (UK) Opens Data to Web Developers (PC Pro, December 14, 2007)

Cellphones Challenge Poll Sampling (New York Times, December 7, 2007; free registration required)

Lost in the Post - 25 Million at Risk after Data Discs Go Missing (UK) (The Guardian, November 20, 2007)

Many Asian, African Births and Deaths Not Counted (Reuters, October 30, 2007)