September 25, 2008 10:00 am - 11:30 am, O’Neill 245 GIS is an analysis tool which complements other quantitative methods used to analyze population data. The session will highlight GIS data available for research and include demonstrations of ArcGIS using cases based on Census and related data. The focus of this workshop will be on the use of ArcGIS to analyze demographic data.
Census data and GIS applications are used by community planners, marketers, managers, scientists and researchers in education, economists, sociologists, social workers, health care managers, librarians, and data administrators. International population data will also be highlighted. At Boston College GIS is used by Geology, Economics Social Work, Sociology, Nursing, History and other departments.
Co-instructors: Barbara Mento, Data/GIS Librarian and Constantin Andronache, ITS Research Services.
To register, please send email to researchservices@bc.edu with the name of this tutorial.
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