Persons and institutions in both the public and private sectors extensively use these survey data. Accurate data regarding business ownership are critical to informed decision making by Federal, state, and local governments regarding business assistance programs. In addition, private companies and trade associations use the data to analyze industry trends; educators use them in teaching and research; and the media use them in news articles.

Nielsen SoundScan clients include all major and most independent record companies, distribution companies, artist managers, booking agents, concert promoters, venue owners, traditional retailers, online retailers and digital delivery companies. Since March 1, 1991, Billboard Magazine charts have been constructed directly from Nielsen SoundScan data. MTV, VH1, CMT and all major media regularly use Nielsen SoundScan data as well.

Yes and No. Youth Risk Behavior Survey data can be useful in establishing a baseline of reported use statistics for youth in relation to selected health risk behaviors. It can also be used to formulate social normative-type messages. However, it should be thought of as only one-half the data equation necessary to perform social norms marketing.

Several organizations and companies use the PhishTank data. See some prominent ones on the Friends of PhishTank page.

The PACER system provides electronic access to case information from federal courts across the United States. The information gathered from the PACER system is a matter of public record and may be reproduced without permission. However, the PACER customer assumes all responsibility for consequences that arise from use of the data.

Statistics generated by the Job Vacancy Survey (JVS) is beneficial to all our labor market information customers: Employers ? Human resource personnel and company management will find job vacancy data useful in determining hiring competition, wage levels and in prioritizing human resource needs. Jobseekers ? Rhode Island's workforce will have an additional source of information regarding job openings, occupational demand, and potential benefits and wage levels.

Yes, you can load your own survey data by using the survey data import template. It's not technically difficult, but it does take some time to export data from the survey publishers' electronic version (usually a website or CD-ROM) and then copy that data into the NEXTCOMP.NET template. We've found that the contents of an entire survey (data and job summaries) can be loaded into NEXTCOMP.NET in one-half to two hours.

Each institution should have annual financial statements that are audited by an outside auditor. These financial statements are referred to as general purpose financial statements (GPFS). The finance survey is designed to follow the format of the financial statements suggested by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). YES, you must complete the finance component. Base your response on the information you have at this point.

The more we can understand about employee and supervisor perceptions, the better we are prepared to position the new programs for successful change. In the absence of this information, we might well design an excellent program that would nonetheless be doomed to failure because it was not sensitive to certain employee perceptions.

Yes. Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries reports provide industry statistics for the U.S. about 12 months after each year. Data include industry shipments, value added, inventories, materials, employment, hours and payroll. Value of Product S

Most purchasers are simply not qualified to appraise the condition of their dream, especially under circumstances where wistful thinking often takes precedence over solid thought. (I suffered from such a case when I bought a used car, and boy was I sorry for it a few months down the road!) A surveyer brings an impartial view to the purchase. Normally, a survey is done in two parts: First, in the water, and second hauled out. You will normally want to do the first part during the sea trials.

TOXMAP uses the most current TRI data available from the EPA. 1987 is the first reporting year of the TRI program. Data submission deadlines, data entry processes, and data quality control and review all influence the actual date of data release. A complete list of chemicals currently listed in TOXMAP TRI can be found at http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/main/chemicals.jsp. A complete list of TRI chemicals required to be reported to the EPA can be found at http://www.epa.gov/tri/chemical/index.

The good news is that we have just increased the basic data transfer allocation for Low Cost Hosting from 100MBytes per month to 250 MBytes per month! The bad news is that in order to do this we have had to become much stricter regarding over usage. If you use more than your data transfer allowance for the month we will disable hosting of your website automatically until the start of the following month.

WeatherBug was developed with the purpose of delivering live local weather conditions, forecasts and life saving severe weather alerts from its exclusive network of WeatherBug Tracking Stations. Today, the mission remains the same. WeatherBug data is used by… Government: accessible to Homeland Security personnel for plume modeling in the event of a biological or chemical attack and by over 100 government agencies at the state and local level.

If you are concerned that somebody who has physical access to your system could read the sensitive data by physically reading these files, then you have two options: you can store incomplete data -- for example, put only the first 12 digits of your 16-digit credit card number into the LiveFORM filler, and fill in the remaining digits by hand. Alternatively, you can use LiveFORM just for non-sensitive data such as your name and address.

Survey data and comprehensive documentation for a given year can be found in the Technical Information and Data section of this Web site. Data files, codebooks, design documents, methodology, and more information can be found on the BRFSS Technical Documents and Survey Data section page for any given survey year. For data, methodology, and other documentation specific to Selected Metropolitan/Micropolitan Area Risk Trends (SMART), please see the SMART Technical Documents and Survey Data section.

Yes. It's included as part of the subscription fee. If we need to travel to your location for training, we'll charge travel related costs only. Our goal is to get you up and running quickly and stress-free.

It is possible to see the results as soon as the first respondent has replied. Therefore, it is up to you to decide when to begin analyzing the survey data. It simply takes a PC with Internet access and MS Internet Explorer 4.0 (or later version) to run the defgo.net system. Respondents simply need a standard HTML browser such as Netscape Navigator. You do not have to buy any software or hardware, because the system runs as an ASP model.

The ESDS uses a one-stop Athens Single Sign On registration for all ESDS services. To register with ESDS use the Login/Register link (also available on every ESDS web page). You will need to have an Athens login to register - see Athens help. Registered users can download datasets, or request them for download (usually in SPSS, STATA or tab-delimited formats) via the Data Catalogue and via the datasets section of the Major Studies web pages.

Restrictions on the use of the surveys are outlined in the End User Licence that all users agree to when registering with the ESDS. In particular there is a fundamental restriction on the confidentiality of data. Users should not attempt to use the data to deliberately compromise the confidentiality of individuals or households and are required to abide by the current Data Protection Act. This agreement also covers requirements for citation of publications and safeguarding of data.

Career Services, in conducting the survey, gives graduates our word that individual responses are kept confidential and are not published or disclosed to anyone. Therefore, we will not share the raw data.

BLR conducts annual surveys of employers to collect up-to-date and reliable data on pay budgets and employee benefits. This information is published in special reports and also made available on Compensation.BLR.com under the tabs titled Merit Increases and Benefits. In addition, to meet the demands of our subscribers for salary data on more jobs, for more industries, and for more local areas, BLR has adopted a new approach to gathering, analyzing, and reporting salary data.

Student risk/problem behaviors--such as substance use, violence, and truancy--and how great a problem they pose for the school and the sufficiency of efforts to reduce them;

Response data are in a flat file for easy import into statistical packages. You will receive this data via email packaged as a zip file. It should be noted that if you do not make any responses to any questions mandatory, a respondent can submit a blank survey as a complete response.

The survey contents and results will remain on the MeasureNOW server as long as your account remains active. To access the summarized raw data, you can run a report that will generate a MS Excel spreadsheet containing the frequency distribution, mean, and standard deviation for all survey items. A summary of comments can also be downloaded.

The survey data is as secure as your login Id and password. You should not share your password with anybody and your password should also not be something that can be easily guessed. MeasureNow recognizes the importance of confidentiality. Only you and your assigned MeasureNow project manager have access to your summarized data, and we will not share your data with anybody. Opinion survey data is summarized to protect the privacy of individual respondents.

The reports that are generated contain an accurate summary of the data that was submitted by respondents. For statistical accuracy, you cannot generate survey results for groups of less than 5 respondents. Results from fewer respondents tend to be less reliable. The more respondents who complete the survey, the more reliable your results will be.