PSY 3402: Experimental and Research Methods

Statistics are a great way to show that your topic is relevant, important, or has an impact. You can:

• find statistics to bolster (or detract from) your argument.  This is a great way to get to understand your topic better, or...
• at a more advanced level, you may end up looking at data sets - this is the data from other researchers which is available to use and might have valuable information pertinent to your topic...but it takes time to analyze the data and see how it affects your argument. 

The National Institutes of Mental Health from the National Institute of Health has a listing of statistics and other information.
The Mental Health Statistics list from the CDC is a list of statistical information and tests sorted by subject.
Fastats from the CDC is a list of quick, current statistics and related information regarding metal health.

Lists of data sets:

• An American Psychological Association list of links to data sets and repositories.
• The American College and Research Libraries list of links to available data sets.
• The Registry of Research Data Repositories has a searchable list of accessible data sets. 
• The Kinsey Institute Data Archive at the University of Indiana is a list of links to databases regarding human sexuality, health and public opinion.
• The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has a list of data sets about mental health care.

Specific data sets:

• NHANES:  National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  Includes questionnaires, datasets and related documentation.
• NHIS: National Health Interview Survey from the CDC.  Includes questionnaires, datasets and related documentation.
• ADD-Health:  The national longitudinal study of adolescent to adult health hosted at the University of North Carolina. 
• NIF:  The Neuroscience Information Framework is an offshoot of the National Institutes of Health.
• SAMHDA:  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA) is searchable on the ICPSR database hosted by the University of Michigan.
• The Clinical Trials is a registry and results database from the National Institutes of Health.
• Data.gov has a lot of different types of datasets, including some that are helpful for Psychology.

https://www.apa.org/research-practice/conduct-research/data-links