Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
WRDS Scheduled Downtime —Saturday, June 21
WRDS users please note this information regarding the WRDS system:
The WRDS server will be undergoing maintenance from 10am – 6pm (EDT) on Saturday, June 21.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Demographic Analysis with ArcGIS: Geostatistics Workshop
2:00 - 4:00 pm, June 18, 2008 Gasson 9
The focus of this workshop will be on the use of ArcGIS to analyze demographic data. The session will highlight GIS data available for research and include demonstrations of ArcGIS using cases based on Census and related data. Most Census data are available for many levels of geography, including states, counties, cities and towns, ZIP codes, census tracts and blocks.
Census data and GIS applications are used by community planners, marketing, managers, scientists and researchers in education, economists, sociologists, social workers, health care managers, librarians, and data administrators.
International population data are available also to address demographic issues in a specific country, at regional or at global scale. We will discuss these resources with those interested. No prior knowledge of ArcGIS is required.
Barbara Mento and Constantin Andronache
To register, please send email to researchservices@bc.edu with the names of the tutorials that you are interested in attending.
Friday, May 23, 2008
LexisNexis Statistical DataSets Trial -Take it for a Spin!
The library is reviewing a new product from LexisNexis called LexisNexis Statistical DataSets.This new resource would complement our current LexisNexis Statistical Universe subscription and contains 750 million data points. Basic comparison and analysis tools are unique features of this database .
Go to: Database Trial Page and take if for a spin!
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
New OECD Statistics Interface - Let us know what you think!
Access: http://stats.oecd.org/wbos/Default.aspx?usercontext=sourceoecd
These monthly, quarterly or annual time series cover the OECD's main areas of coverage: Agriculture and Food - Development and Aid - General Economic Problems - Economic Indicators - National Accounts - Employment - Energy - Financial and Fiscal Affairs - Industry, Science and Technology - Foreign Trade. Data back to 1960 where available.
OECD COUNTRIES: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States.
Free access through August 31, 2008
Please send feedback to: Barbara Mento (mento@bc.edu)
Thursday, April 24, 2008
ICPSR Summer Program Deadlines
If students or faculty are interested, please go to the following Web page for information about applying to this 3-day workshop: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/sumprog/course/0044.xml.
A four-week course "Methodological Issues in Quantitative Research on Race and Ethnicity" is also offered this summer, and has an April 28 deadline for applying, as well. See the following Web page for more information about this course: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/sumprog/course/0039.xml.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
ICPSR Summer Program 2008
Noteworthy and new courses in the 2008 Summer Program curriculum include:
* Quantitative Research on Race and Ethnicity
* Analyzing Multilevel and Mixed Models Using Stata
* Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
* Introduction to Applied Bayesian Modeling
* Advanced Bayesian Models
* Integrating Biomarkers into Population-Based Research
* Panel Data Analysis Using Stata
* Confidentiality and Disclosure Issues in Data Collection
* Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys
* Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study
* Using Secondary Data for Analysis of Marriage and the Family
For more information contact B.C. ICPSR representative Barbara Mento