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Getting Started With Tableau Public

Looking for data? You're in luck! There are tons of free data sets available. Check out the resources below.
Sample data sets from Tableau Public
data.world is a platform where the world’s problem solvers can find and use a vast array of high-quality open data.
World Bank Open Data
Open data site finder (Tableau Public viz)
Kaggle Open Datasets find open datasets on everything from government, health, and science to popular games and dating trends.
Global Health Data Exchange the world’s most comprehensive catalog of surveys, censuses, vital statistics, and other health-related data.
UNICEF Statistics
World Health Organization Data
The Guardian Data Blog
Data.gov is the Federal Government’s open data initiative. Hundreds of data sets.
The Pew Research Center has a number of data sets on different social and technology topics.
Socrata is an open data repository with data, mostly from government sources.
US Dept. of Agriculture
US Census Bureau
USAspending.gov
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
US Dept. of Education College Scorecard Data
NASA's Open Data Portal
Canada Open Data
Data.gov.uk

Tableau Public
Free to use with creation of an account. Some restrictions include: 1) Tableau Public does not allow you to save your workbook locally to your PC, you have to save it to the public Tableau server (although, once you have saved your data visualization on Tableau Public, you can look up the embed code and post it in your own webpage or blog) 2) storage is capped at 10GB 3) it only supports data sets of up to 15 million rows. (From CUNY Tableau Public Information Page)
CUNY Tableau Information Page