This page contains links so you can download some of the key data files discussed in Turning Numbers into Knowledge. If you have suggestions for other key data to include here, please email us and let us know.

• The file containing the various steps in cleaning and analyzing the Stateline.org data described in Chapter 27 can be downloaded by clicking here. It's a Microsoft Excel 97/98 file called statedata.xls (216k).
  
  
• The file containing the GDP deflator inflation index over time is a Microsoft Excel 97/98 file called gdpdeflator.xls (12k).
  
  
• The file showing before and after versions of the tables in Chapter 36 is a Microsoft Excel 97/98 file called improvingtables.xls (26k)
  
  
• The file containing the example data sheet in Chapter 9 is a Microsoft Word file called holdrendatasheet.doc (32k)