How to get data from datalist?

How can I get raw or normalized data? What how do acquire the data I need so that I can analyze it and make more informed decisions.

• Ok so I am aware there are many data mining companies that sell data to companies, but my question is how can I find these companies. Additionally is there a way I can collect and obtain external data such as demographic information of a certain area on my own, or would this be impossible to do. What are some resources I can use to find Data? Here is an example: If you were given the task of providing an overview of lets say "Estonian Health Care Retail Market" how would you proceed? What types of Data would you try and obtain and how would you get it?

• Answer:

  http://www.programmableweb.com/apis/directory is a pretty good starting point in general. For data on particular countries (economic, demographic, educational, political, etc), https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ is usually the most comprehensive source. You might try looking for some sort of scraper service or API for it out there somewhere.