New ESDS Government teaching dataset
ESDS Government has produced a new teaching dataset, the English Housing Survey 2008-2009: Household Data Teaching Dataset, which is available at www.esds.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=6949. The teaching dataset is a subset which has been subjected to certain simplifications and additions for the purpose of learning and teaching.
The main differences are:
• the number of variables has been reduced
• weighting has been simplified
• a reduced codebook is provided
Datasets can be useful resources for teaching. You can use the datasets for hands-on exercises in methods courses such as questionnaire design or statistics. ESDS Government have created a number of teaching datasets for this purpose using the Labour Force Survey, British Crime Survey, Health Survey for England, General Household Survey and Expenditure and Food Survey. If you wish to use one of the teaching datasets or any of the ESDS Government datasets with your students as part of a taught course you should read the information on Teaching uses of data on the ESDS website at www.esds.ac.uk/orderingData/restrictions.asp.
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Call for papers - Family Resources Survey user meeting
ESDS Government is organising this year's FRS user meeting for Friday 22 June 2012 at the Royal Statistical Society, London. The programme will contain a mixture of papers from data producers and researchers. We invite offers of presentations based on analysis of the Family Resources Survey. Presenters will have 20 minutes for their talk followed by 10 minutes for questions.
Details of previous user meetings can be found at www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/types/user/
Please send your title and abstract, of around 200 words, to [log in to unmask] as soon as possible but by 16 March at the latest.
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Call for papers – Health surveys user meeting
ESDS Government is organising this year's Health surveys user meeting for Tuesday 10 July 2012 at the Royal Statistical Society, London. The programme will contain a mixture of papers from data producers and researchers. We invite offers of presentations based on analysis of the UK health surveys, such as the Health Survey for England, Welsh Health Survey or Scottish Health Survey. Presenters will have 20 minutes for their talk followed by 10 minutes for questions.
We also welcome abstracts from PhD students who would like to give shorter presentations (10 minutes) to introduce their projects.
Details of previous user meetings can be found at www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/types/user/
Please send your title and abstract, of around 200 words, to [log in to unmask] as soon as possible but by 16 March at the latest.
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There are places still available for the following events.
Living Costs and Food Survey user meeting
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Royal Statistical Society, Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX
This meeting, organised by the Economic and Social Data Service, will provide a forum for data users and producers to meet and discuss new developments and exchange information about the Living Costs and Food Survey. The programme contains a mixture of papers from data producers and researchers.
The meeting is free to attend and lunch is provided. To view the programme and book a place please go to www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2012-03-20/
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Opinions and Lifestyle Survey user meeting
Wednesday 21 March 2012, 9.30am – 1.00pm
Royal Statistical Society, Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX
ESDS Government has organised this half-day Opinions and Lifestyle Survey user meeting which will comprise a number of papers from users of the current ONS Opinions Survey and the General Lifestyle Survey. The user meeting will also provide users with valuable information from ONS on the content and methodology of the new Opinions and Lifestyle Survey that will be created in 2012 as a result of merging the ONS Opinions survey with some of the previous General Lifestyle Survey questions. For more information on this please see the ONS website at www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/consultations/closed-consultations/2011/the-future-of-the-glf-survey/index.html.
The meeting is free to attend. To view the programme and book a place please go to www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2012-03-21/
You may leave the list at any time by sending the command
SIGNOFF allstat
to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.
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