| Name of data set | Brief description of project | Original investigator | Date of initial data collection | Dates of any follow-ups | Sample size | % males | % females | Age ranges | Recruitment & selection procedures | Stratification information | Criterion measures | How obtained
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| Air Force Officers | 3-day assessment plus field testing of Air Force officers | Donald W. MacKinnon | 1952-53 | | 100 | 100% | | Mean=34.6; SD=4.5 | Commanding officers ordered captains to participate | Flying and non-flying officers; Reserve and regular officers | 4 promotion/promotion ratings | superior officers' reports
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| Architects I | study of creativity in architects | Donald W. MacKinnon, Wallace Hall | 1958-59 | 1978, 1983-84 | 40 | 100% | | 37-66 | nominations | | creativity ratings | panel of architects; journal editors, professors of architecture; other participants; indices of publicity or prominence
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| Architects II | study of creativity in architects | Donald W. MacKinnon, Wallace Hall | 1960 | 1978, 1983-1984 | 43 | 100% | | 35-65 | | | creativity ratings | panel of architects; journal editors, professors of architecture; other participants
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| Architects III | study of creativity in architects | Donald W. MacKinnon, Wallace Hall | 1960 | 1978, 1983-1984 | 41 | 100% | | 34-67 | | | creativity ratings | panel of architects; journal editors, professors of architecture; other participants
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| Architectural Firm | 3-day assessment of an architectural firm's staff | Kenneth H. Craik | 1965 | | 22 | 82% | 18% | 25-50 | entire firm volunteered | | creativity ratings | peer ratings by firm members
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| College Sophomores I | career preferences and vocational decision making in college sophomores | H.G. Gough | 1978, 1979 | | 100 | 50% | 50% | 18-21 | volunteer | year recruited | |
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| College Sophomores II | attitudes toward social problems in college sophomores | H.G. Gough | 1981, 1982, 1984 | | 97 | 49% | 51% | 18-21 | volunteer | year recruited | |
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| Doctoral Candidates-Fall | doctoral candidates from 14 U.C. Departments | Donald W. MacKinnon | 1950 | 1992 | 40 | 100% | | 22-37 | nominated by faculty | | |
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| Doctoral Candidates-Spring | doctoral candidates from 14 U.C. Departments | Donald W. MacKinnon | 1950 | 1992 | 40 | 100% | | 22-35 | nominated by faculty | | |
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| Irish Managers | assessment of Irish managers and managing directors | Frank Barron | 1965 | | 37 | 100% | | 30-60 (Mean=43.8) | Irish Management Institute recruited volunteers | | |
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| Medical School Applicants | 3-day assessment of medical school applicants | H. G. Gough | 1954-55 | 1959 (seniors); 1974 (doctors) | 70 | 100% | | 19-33 | asked by Medical School to participate | | |
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| Medical School Seniors | 3-day assessment of medical school seniors + one-day test | H.G. Gough; R.E. Harris | 1959 | 1974-75 | 39 | 100% | | 22-34 | from pool of previously assessed medical school applicants or volunteers | | GPA; Performance ratings | medical school files
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| Research scientists | 3-day assessment of research scientists | H.G. Gough | 1957-58 | | 45 | 100% | | 26-51 | recruited from technology firms | | 7 criterion factor scores; performance and creativity ratings | peer and supervisor ratings
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| Senior honors students in engineering | 3-day assessment of honors engineering students | H.G. Gough | 1957-60 | | 66 | 100% | | 19-41 | selected by faculty | | GPA; faculty ratings | faculty ratings
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| Women Law Students | women law students from U.C. Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall) | Donald W. MacKinnon, Kenneth Craik | 1970 | | 40 | | 100% | 21-33 | volunteers | year in law school | |
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| Women Mathematicians | 3-day assessment of creative and comparison mathematicians | Richard Crutchfield, Ravenna Helson | 1958 | 1960-61 | 44 | | 100% | 27-45 | nominated by other mathematicians | creative and comparison mathematicians | |
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