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Data Case Study 5

Take a look at the landing page for the dataset:
David Leip: Atlas of the U.S. Presidential Elections

Landing page of Leip 2024 Atlas of US Presidential Elections dataset

With the information shown above, and using the link provided, answer the following questions:

Background

Questions

  1. Why was the data collected?

  2. What are the limitations of the data?

Publisher / Host

Questions

  1. Where is the data hosted?

  2. Is there a theme or subject focus to the repository?

  3. What other types of data would you expect to find there?

  4. What does the following file tell you about the data: Pres_Election_Data_1912?

Citation

Questions

  1. How would you cite the data?

  2. Is there an example or recommendation?

Result

Leip, David. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. http://uselectionatlas.org (date accessed).

Licensing

Questions

  1. Are you allowed to reuse this dataset?

  2. How do you know?

Data
Data Case Study 4
Organizing
Reference Management and Citations