UT/DLS training materials for GALTS

For DMGIS librarians & GALTS
• General introduction:
  • What the UT/DLS does
  • Surviving statistics/data questions, or the minimum you need to know about the DLS
  • The right data for the right user: DLS and the reference interview process
  • So you've decided it's a statistics question!
  • How should users cite data in their bibliography?
  • DMGIS reference desk training: basic DLS reference services
  • Reading tables 101 2007-02-02
• CANSIM:
  • CANSIM: the many faces
  • CANSIM exercises
• Canadian census of population:
  • Working with [Census 2001] census tract profile data in Beyond 20/20 format
  • Working with [Census 2001] topic-based tabulations data in Beyond 20/20 format
  • Test your Census and Beyond 20/20 skills: exercises with the 2006 census aggregate data tables
  • Test your Census microdata skills: exercises with the 2001 census individual public use microdata
• General Canadian, US and international statistical & time-series resources:
  • UT/DLS trivia quiz I
  • International and US databases: statistics [handout]
  • International and US databases: statistics - quiz
  • SourceOECD: quiz, quiz with step-by-step instructions
• Microdata (primarily Canadian):
  • From aggregate statistics to microdata (using SDA)
  • From aggregate statistics to microdata - exercises
  • Test your Census microdata skills: exercises with the 2001 census individual public use microdata
  • Statistics bootcamp (with 2001 census data): handout [rev 2006/05], ppt slides [rev 2005/05]

For DLS GALTS

• CANSIM: the many faces
• CANSIM exercises
• Working with [Census 2001] census tract profile data in Beyond 20/20 format
• Working with [Census 2001] topic-based tabulations data in Beyond 20/20 format
• Test your Census and Beyond 20/20 skills: exercises with the 2006 census aggregate data tables
• Test your Census microdata skills: exercises with the 2001 census individual public use microdata
• Citing data and statistics files in computer-readable form: a quick overview
• GALT manual