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Internationalizing Statistics: Practical Strategies for Business Courses

This workshop focuses on integrating international data into introductory statistics courses for business students. Explore sources of economic, demographic, and health data, along with software compatibility issues. Learn about using databases like UN Statistics Division, World Bank, and more to enhance student skills in data analysis. Find out how to incorporate REAL DATA effectively. Contact Dr. Carver for presentation materials.

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Internationalizing Statistics: Practical Strategies for Business Courses

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  1. Internationalizing the Intro Statistics Course in Business Robert H. Carver, Ph.D. March 30 2006

  2. Workshop Agenda

  3. Contact Information • This PPT presentation and handout will be available at my website: • http://faculty.stonehill.edu/rcarver • Or email me: rcarver@stonehill.edu

  4. Workshop Goals • Identify opportunities for using international data • Identify sources of data • Economic, demographic, health • Regional, national, household, and individual • Searchable databases, links to sites • Registration-required and institutional license services • Practical plans for next semester • Specific projects or assignments • Software compatibility issues

  5. Context • Role of REAL DATA in Intro Course • Developing student skills • Data selection and acquisition • Facility with data cleaning and transfer • Analysis • Current textbook situation • Software availability

  6. This morning’s examples • UN Statistics Division • World Bank • International Monetary Fund • International Labour Organization • Davidson Data Center (U Michigan) • Europa • Lippincott Library • IPUMS—Univ. Minnesota Population Center • Economist Intelligence Unit

  7. UN Statistics Division • Some searchable databases; some pdf tables. • Watch for • download format options • Size of data tables • Clear variable dictionaries

  8. Millenium Indicators Database

  9. MDG Indicators

  10. MDG Indicators Can download to CSV file

  11. World Bank: Household Surveys Real chance to open eyes of US students to inequalities… Household level data!

  12. World Bank

  13. World Bank: HEIDE database Clicking downloads a ZIP file which students would then need to unzip.

  14. World Bank Quick Query

  15. World Bank Quick Query Many series missing data for many years

  16. World Bank Quick Query

  17. World Bank Quick Query Foreign Direct Investment, 2002 One example of an “alternative” form of data presentation… overlooked in too many stats texts.

  18. Time Web – BizEd A cautionary tale: Look before you assign: beware of mystery variable coding…

  19. LaborSta Internet

  20. Davidson Data Center

  21. Davidson Data Center

  22. Davidson Data Center Some interfaces reinforce course concepts…

  23. Eurostat Busy screen, but worth the effort…

  24. Eurostat

  25. Eurostat

  26. Eurostat

  27. Eurostat

  28. Eurostat

  29. Eurostat Summary of dimensions & variables

  30. Lippincott Library

  31. U Minnesota IPUMS

  32. UMinn IPUMS Choices!

  33. UMinn IPUMS

  34. UMinn IPUMS

  35. UMinn IPUMS 2000 Population of Brazil was 169,799,170… 6% sample n > 10 million. Caveat: this particular SPSS Syntax file contained 3 minor syntax errors – causing crash. Easily fixed

  36. Economist Intelligence Unit

  37. EIU Selection criteria Alternative displays Selected Analytics • 317 series • 150 countries & 45 regional aggregates • Time series from 1980 and forecasting out five years • For 60 largest economies, key variables projected to 2030

  38. EIU Example

  39. EIU Example

  40. EIU Example

  41. EIU Example Purple –estimates Green-- forecasts

  42. EIU Example

  43. Contact Information • This PPT presentation and handout will be available at my website: • http://faculty.stonehill.edu/rcarver • Or email me: rcarver@stonehill.edu

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