Here is a copy of the materials for my ECON 326 Final Project. Here, you will be able to find a copy of the complete dataset that I used for my analysis, my final paper, and my presentation to the class. Not all of these items will be available right away! Subscribe to my blog (via e-mail or RSS) to stay apprised of updates.
A few things to note:

  1. Viewer Discretion is advised. Some of the search terms are very graphic.
  2. Remember: I only captured enough of the IP address to identify the building the search came from. There is not enough information here to identify you personally. One exception is if you are set up for a passive connection and use your screen name (or network ID or other personally identifiable information) as your “share name.” I can identify one or two people this way. Others may be able to pick out more. I will not honor requests to remove any data from my search results for any reason.
  3. Before importing the data in to STATA, I suggest using a program called StatTransfer. You can find it on the computers in the computer lab located in the basement of the Peter B. Lewis Building.
  4. I do not advocate sharing copyrighted material or otherwise infringing on the intellectual property rights and other rights of others.
  5. Reprinting or redistribution of all or any portion of the materials linked here and elsewhere on the site, use of my likeness, or any other original material here is prohibited without express consent. If you would like to seek this consent, send me an e-mail at alex.hutnik@gmail.com

And now a few details about the dataset: It’s large. After unpacking, it’s roughly 37MB. Unless you are running the newest version of Excel (Excel 2007), you won’t be able to load the entire dataset be cause it exceed the maximum number of rows (~65,000). This
is because I recorded over 700,000 observations.

Materials: