The Washington Post has put together an excellent list of publicly-accessible databases, ideal for analysis using the R language. You'll find databases from the domains of Census and Demographics (for example, the American Community Survey), Crime and Courts (like this list of federal prosecutions), Transportation and Development (e.g. older driver crash statistics); Health and Safety; Real Estate and Business; Science; Sports and Education. (Note that some government datasets may require a small fee to download.)
This list has also been added to the article Finding Data on the Internet where you can find many other sources of data suitable for use with R.
Washington Post: DataPost | Dig in!
I'm probably going to hate myself in the morning for posting this, but: "Eductation" is one of those words it pays to be extra-special-careful when spelling. =)
Posted by: Ken Williams | December 15, 2011 at 20:56
Thanks Ken, an embarrassing typo indeed! Fixed in the post above.
Posted by: David Smith | December 16, 2011 at 09:15