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RAND State Statistics

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Who Subscribes?

(Partial list)

• Stanford
• UT San Antonio
• VA Tech
• Texas Tech Health Sciences
• MIT
• University of Miami
• San Francisco Public Library
• Univ. of Colorado
• CA State Library
• Non-profits, high schools, media,

law firms…

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RSS Testimonials

“This is a useful database for students and faculty alike, especially because it includes times series that often are difficult to find.” Summing Up: Recommended.” ALA, Choice Magazine “RAND provides a great service by offering public policy documents from a variety of state, county, and municipal agencies. Having them all in one place is a boon to students and researchers.” Paul Kauppila, San Jose State Reference and Instruction Librarian “RAND State Statistics provide information that is of value to the Santa Monica community. Ease in selection criteria and searchability function enhancements make it simple to get useful information.” Susan Lamb, Santa Monica Public Library Librarian

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RAND State Statistics

RSS Focus

• Data from the nation’s leading think tank
• Socioeconomic
• Demographics
• Health care
• Economics
• Education
• Public finance
• Time series
• Median length >20 years
• High granularity, high detail
• Example: Average Industry Wages DB ~30GB

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RAND State Statistics

Example: Question #12

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What is the average annual wage for librarians in Abilene, TX? And how about the average for libraries in the city of Los Angeles? Kansas City? The U.S. average?

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Four Clicks Later, View, Graph, Download, Print, or Map the Data

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Example Question #99

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What are Medicare average dialysis costs per patient in Dallas? And how about in El Paso? The Bronx? Baltimore?

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Three Clicks Later, See That Lowest Costs are in Baltimore; El Paso Has Higher Costs

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Example Question #1,000

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Which Texas county has the highest crude death rate for cancer?

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The Highest Rate is in Coleman County at More than Twice the State Average

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Annual Subscription Cost to ~350* Databases Is Low

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Subscriber Example FTE Annual Cost

(with 20% discount)

Public university 10,000 $1,540 $1,232 Private university 10,000 $1,740 $1,392 Community college 10,000 $1,190 $952 City (including library) 50,000** $245 $196

*Includes detailed CA, TX databases **Population Unlimited access; IP authentication Minimum price $195

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For more information or a free trial on RSS

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