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Support for School Statistics from Statistics NZ

Support for School Statistics from Statistics NZ. mike.camden@stats.co.nz Statistics New Zealand Auckland Maths Assoc, University of Auckland Tue 25 Nov 08. Achievement objectives for today:. Participants will: Use Stats NZ resources to deliver curriculum objectives

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Support for School Statistics from Statistics NZ

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  1. Support for School Statisticsfrom Statistics NZ mike.camden@stats.co.nz Statistics New Zealand Auckland Maths Assoc, University of Auckland Tue 25 Nov 08

  2. Achievement objectives for today: • Participants will: • Use Stats NZ resources todeliver curriculum objectives • Feel more confident and have more funwith teaching the stats in Mathematics and Statisticsin the NZ Curriculum • Find out (if time)what do (some Stats NZ) statisticians reallydo!

  3. Activities with www.stats.govt.nz: • After an introductory ramble: • Schools cornerStatZing!SURFs 1, 2, 3CensusAtSchool (a mention) • Table Builder (= TB); esp Census data • Infoshare:Time series galore • Hot Off The Presses (= HOTPs): HOTPs and Statistical Literacy • QuickStats: about your place etc • Then: what do (some) statisticians really do!

  4. Curriculum and Stats NZ Resources 1: • The threads in the Stats and Probability strand: • Statistical investigationphenomena involving: multivariate (case) datasets time-series datasets • Statistical literacyreports with words, numbers, graphsrisk • Probabilitydistributionsdependence etc

  5. Curriculum and Stats NZ Resources 2: • The threads … and resources for them: • Statistical investigationSchools Corner,StatZing!phenomena involving: HOTPs multivariate (case) datasets: SURFs,TB,CaS time-series datasets: Infoshare • Statistical literacyNZ in Profilereports with Quickstats • words, numbers, graphs: HOTPs risk, relative risk: HOTPs, Tables • Probabilitydistributions: Tables dependence etc: Tables; 2 way

  6. Curriculum and Stats NZ Resources 3: • Some are designed for schools • Some are(a big one) inadvertently useful for schools!EG: The HOTPs (Hot Off The Presses):EG: a rich source of real (we hope) info: • New Zealand Income Survey: June 2008 quarter (a big one) • Highlights  |  Commentary  |  Technical notes  |  Erratum  |  Tables  |  Stat investigation: Story, Data Time series Stat investigation: Methodology: defining questions, sampling methods, errors (samp and non) etc etc etc etc Stat Literacy: Evaluate stat reports (L 6,7,8) Probability: One-way tables Two-way tables Statistical Enquiry Cycle: PPDAC … PPDAC … PPDAC … PPDAC … PPDAC …

  7. Why be nice to schools?? • Stats NZ: The World: • We need our clients to be informed & positive • School stats is a vital way to achieve this Respondents: People Businesses Dataset Dataset Dataset Data Information Users: Public Professional Technical

  8. Two groups with converging interests: The Mathematics and Statistics Education Community The Official Stats sector Vision: an informed society using statistics. Curriculum: students will be: thinking mathematically and statistically; solving problems, modelling situations.

  9. A small problem: Dataset Dataset • Unit-record multivariate datasets:Teachers need them!Official Stats agencies have lots but can’t release them! Dataset SURF 1 SURF 2 Some smart solutions: SURF 3 • CensusAtSchool (sort-of)SURFs for Schools: 1, 2, 3Tables by geographical Area

  10. Census at school 2009 New dates:3 March 2009 until 9 April 2009 Register online: http://www.censusatschool.org.nz/2007/register/ If you have previously registered, OK. Confirmation in November. Funded:X% by Stats NZ(1-X)% by MoE Expertise:Lots of it; from UoA

  11. New for 2009 Teachers get their class results back if they choose. Early in year so 2009 data can be used for 2009 teaching. New questions: from consultations:Dept of Stats UoA, MoE, Stats NZ, teachers nationwide Questionnaire critiqued by StatsNZ Questionnaire design team www.censusatschool.org.nz

  12. www.stats.govt.nz 4 Releases by title: HOTPs 3 Infoshare 2 Table Builder 5 QuickStats 1 Schools Corner: StatZing!, SURFs

  13. Find Info by/for … SURFs StatZing! Latest Sec (Economics) SURF 2

  14. SURFs for Schools • Synthetic Unit Record Files: • Multivariate datasets from Stats NZ surveys • Income supplement from the 2004 Household Labour Force Survey • 2001 Household Savings Survey • Coming soon – 2006 Census

  15. 2001 Household Savings Survey SURF • Based on a survey that collected information including income, assests, debt,net worth. • 300 synthetic people representing the 5000+ people who responded to the survey.

  16. 2001 Household Savings Survey SURF • Variables include:

  17. Using the SURF

  18. Teacher page for each activity • Curriculum links • Possible answers • Available as a PDF document

  19. What can we improve? For teachers For students

  20. Census: SURF 3 • Under development; final checking • Based on 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings • Contains unit record datasets for each of New Zealand’s 16 main Regional Authorities • 300 synthetic people who represent everyone that responded for each region

  21. Census: SURF 3 • Variables included • Sex • Work and Labour force status • Qualification • Ethnicity • Income • Age Group • Mode of transport to work • Hours worked • Cigarette smoking behaviour • Access to a cellphone/mobile phone • Access to the internet

  22. Preserved relationships

  23. Limitations: SURF 3: Census • Synthetic data • Not all relationships and patterns are preserved • Joining tables together does not represent the whole of New Zealand • However, you can compare regions!

  24. Battle for the ‘greener suburb’:an example using case data • Compare the ‘traveling to work’ habits of geographic areas. • Which area has the ‘greener’ workers? • Walking / Running / Cycling • Public transport • Carpooling??? • Working at home? (Graphic from CensusAtSchool)

  25. Battle for the ‘greener suburb’:where to find the data • We want a data source that contains information about modes of travel to work by area units. • Luckily, we have the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings on Table Builder!

  26. 2 Table Builder

  27. 2006 Pop Census

  28. Selected tables

  29. Age by Sex; soon … Travel to Work

  30. Travel to work in the four Auckland cities

  31. Travel to work in Kapiti and Wellington

  32. Table Builder: Datasets on Area Units: • At this pointthe screen-shots • stop. • But there’s a • 2-slide • summary …

  33. www.stats.govt.nz for schools: short guide: p1 • Schools Corner • SURF (No. 2) • About the data source | The dataset | Activities(copy the dataset and paste into your spreadsheet) • StatZing! (the latest Activities) • Find by …(find old StatZing!s etc) • Table Builder • 2006 Population Census • Selected tables • Travel to Work • Expand (find the Areas you want) Tick (use the ticks above and to left) • Click the Table icon • Actions, download to XL format • (then copy and paste into your spreadsheet package) • Age by Sex for 1996, 2001, 2006 (then as above)

  34. www.stats.govt.nz for schools: short guide: p2 • Infoshare • Browse • Work, Income and Spending • Linked Employer-Employee Dataset • Age and ANZIC96 (ANZ Industry Classification 1996) • Select a few items, and for Time, Select All • Go • Pivot clockwise, to get data into a column • Save as xls • (copy the dataset and paste into your spreadsheet) • Releases by Title (Takes you to Hot Off The Presses) • NZ Income Survey • NZ Income Survey; June 2008 • (then explore these:) • Highlights|Commentary|Technical notes|Erratum|Tables  • QuickStats about a Place • (and also see QuickStats about a Subject, and NZ in Profile) • Place List (and find your suburb) • (and use the 12 tabs).

  35. What Statisticians do all day: an eg: • The new Immigration Survey:Pop: 36,620 approved immigrants in 2004Sample: 7,125 of them • We find Estimates (via ‘resampling’) with Sample Errors (= half the confidence interval)

  36. Sample Error vs Estimate: Hmmmmmm: what does that show?

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