You can find statistics almost anywhere; in newspaper articles and books, on websites, in library databases, in TV advertisements, and more. Here are some useful places to look for statistical sources:
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Other strategies:
1. Statistical sources on the Web. Use either the word statistics or data with keywords for your topic to find helpful results. Don't use data if you cannot clearly identify the agency or organization that collected the data and made it available.
2. Look at the books and articles you might have already found. If they are scholarly sources, they will cite where their information came from.Do they refer to data collected by government agencies or other organizations? Use that information to search online for data or reports.
3. Think about who would be interested in your topic. What government agencies? What advocacy groups? What think-tanks or institutes? What companies? Then look at the websites and search for reports from these groups.
