University of Toronto.
Data Library Service
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
Html by
Laine G.M. Ruus
, Data Library Service, University of Toronto
Last updated: 2009-11-27