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

2. Workshop Agenda 10:00Introductions 10:10Potential for using international data in our courses 10:30Review & demonstration of selected sites 11:00Development of assignments, exercises, projects 11:30Adjourn

3. Contact Information This PPT presentation and handout will be available at my website: http://faculty.stonehill.edu/rcarver Or email me: rcarver@stonehill.edurcarver@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. 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. Many series missing data for many years

16. World Bank Quick Query

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

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

19. LaborSta Internet

20. Davidson Data Center

22. 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

33. UMinn IPUMS Choices!

34. UMinn IPUMS

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

37. Economist Intelligence Unit

38. EIU Selection criteria Alternative displays 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 Selected Analytics

39. EIU Example

42. Purple –estimates Green-- forecasts

43. EIU Example

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