[AccessD] 80/20 and request for data

Hello All,

I am currently doing a project around the 80 / 20 principle.  Specifically, I am looking at ways to utilise the phenomenon of the 80 / 20 principle (also know as the Pareto Principle).  For those of you that have not heard of it, is states that 80 of the results achieved are usually attained by 20% of the inputs.  There is loads of info on Google if you want more.

Anyway, in the work that I wish to do, I need some decent sets of data.  Obviously I can synthesise a set of sales figures for a company, with multiple sales people / departments / geographic regions / products etc.  But what I really need is real world data, as the analysis I wish to complete has to be based on real data that occurred in normal day to day life.

I am fully aware that most people do not want to release their private data, hence my difficulty in acquiring working material.  I posted the request to the list a few weeks ago, but understandably I got no replies!

So this is just another request for the same thing.  I am looking for any old sets of data that you may have.  They can be 

sales orders and products, 
items purchased by department, 
voters and the geographic region they came from,  
patients and their final bill, 
auto parts in inventory and the stock movements, 
financial stocks and their values over time, 
horses win / loses by jockey / racecourse 

or any such data.  I will not disclose the data to anyone other than myself, but I guess that should go without saying.  I do not need to know the actual products, or company that sold them.

Secondly, I would be very interested in any opinions or experience that you have on the 80 20 phenomenon ?

If you want father details email me back, I do not mind posting anything on either list, but I think that further discussions should probably be on the OT list.

Thanks in advance for your help,

Mark Breen
Ireland