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. 2016 Jan 24;7(2):112–126. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1379

Table 2.

Illustrative Big Developmental Datasets Hosted by Nongovernmental Entities

Dataset Sample URL
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (AddHealth) Wave I: n = 90,118 adolescents in‐school questionnaires, n = 20,745 in‐home interviews; Wave II: n = 14,738 adolescents in‐home interviews; Wave III n = 15,197 young adults in‐home interviews and biomarker collection; Wave IV: 15,701 adult in‐Home interviews and biomarker collection http://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/addhealth
Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES) n > 3000 6 months–8 years http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/
Colorado Adoption Project (CAP) n = 450 families (>2400 individuals) http://ibg.colorado.edu/cap/
Databrary >3500 h of video from n > 3300 participants, 2 months to 50+ years; experimental displays http://databrary.org
Developing Human Connectome Project 20–44 weeks postconception http://www.developingconnectome.org
Family Life Project (FLP) n = 800 sampled at 2, 6, 15, 24, and 36 months http://flp.fpg.unc.edu
Genome of the Netherlands Project (GoNL) n = 250 families http://www.nlgenome.nl
Human Speechome Project 10 hr video/day from 1 child from 0–3 years http://www.media.mit.edu/cogmac/projects/hsp.html
Maternal Lifestyle Study (MLS) n = 1388 infants (and mothers/caregivers) assessed at 4, 8, 10, 12, 18, 24, 30, and 36 months https://neonatal.rti.org/about/mls_background.cfm
Measures of Effective Teaching Project (MET) n > 3000 teachers recorded beginning in 2009 http://www.metproject.org
MetroBaby n > 1000 racially and ethnically diverse children video‐recorded at home or in the lab at 14, 24, 36, 52, 64, and 76 months http://doi.org/10.17910/B7CC74
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) n = 5000 families (>18,000 individuals) https://psidonline.isr.umich.edu
Pediatric Imaging, Neurocognition, and Genetics (PING) n = 1000 3‐ to 20‐year olds http://pingstudy.ucsd.edu
Progress in International Reading Literacy (PIRLS) http://timssandpirls.bc.edu
Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) n > 900,000 http://www.med.unc.edu/pgc
Trends in International Math and Science Study (TIMSS) n > 20,000 per sample http://timss.bc.edu
Trends in International Math and Science Study Video (TIMSSVideo) teachers recorded in n = 7 countries http://www.timssvideo.com
Twins Early Development Study (TEDS) survey data from n = 15,000 twins born in 1994–1996; lab‐based behavioral task and DNA samples from a smaller subset http://www.teds.ac.uk
Twin and Offspring Study in Sweden (TOSS) target of n = 900 parents and families (3000 individuals) http://ki.se/en/meb/twin‐offspring‐study‐in‐sweden‐toss