Introducing Statistics and Data

Geographic, Statistical and Government Information Centre,

Susan Mowers

Agenda

• Statistics and Data landscape• DLI and more

– Data Liberation Initiative• Statistics sources

– General socio-economic statistics– Criminal justice– International statistics

• Odesi – A web-based data exploration, extraction and

analysis tool– ODESI demonstration (e.g., Victimization, Census…)

THE LANDSCAPEStatistics and data

Wide variety of subjects…

…to survey responses Data are processed

Source of Stats and Data: SURVEYS…

to become Statistics Person 1…2 …

From your mailbox:May 16, 2006

September 13, 2007Married people are now in the minority; For

the first time in Canada, most adults are not legally wed, census shows. …more people are choosing common law over marriage.

Introducing Statistics and Data

Continuum of access, knowledge, cost

Retrieved from http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/doc/dli_brochure-brochure_idd-eng.pdf

Continuum of access

Retrieved from http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/doc/dli_brochure-brochure_idd-eng.pdf

Data at uOttawa

Data Liberation Initiative (DLI)

√ DLI is a partnership between 75 Canadian

universities / colleges + Statistics Canada. X Commercial use of DLI data is strictly prohibited.√ Statistics Canada publishes documentation including methodology!!!!

– DATA VIA THE INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH AS WELL

– ACCESS THROUGH ODESI OR GSG CENTRE

DLI Contact• Susan Mowers or designate

– GSG Centre in Morisset Hall (3rd floor)

http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/DataandStatistics-en

STATISTICS SOURCESJustice, Socio-economic, International…

JUSTICE TABLES

• Start at the Library web site:http://www.uottawa.ca/welcome.html

… and find: http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?pid=14807&sid=99467 Criminal Justice Tables, Statistics Canada

– Download Beyond 20/20 on your computer via http://estat2.statcan.gc.ca/ESTAT/English/Beyond20-eng.shtml

Commentary on Criminal Justice data findings

• Statistics Canada publishes analytical studies– Browse via Statistics by Subject Population group Justice…

– Search analytical papers

• Canadian Public Policy Collection

• Academic databases for your Subject

Socio-economic statistics

• 2006 : Census– Great socio-economic statistics on visible minorities,

single parent families, linguistic minorities, immigration (place of birth), etc. from the Census long form.

• Note: The 2001 Census had a religious affiliation question

Census Geography

• Some examples:

– Census Metropolitan Areas

– Census Tracts for more info:Illustrated[Geography] Glossary, 2006

Socio-economic statistics cont’d

• Two major sources (comprehensive sources Census and demography statistics subject guide)

– Community profiles and others– Topic-based tabulations (see 2006)

Excel

• Tip: you can use Excel to add value to your Census statistics

– E.g., the relative size of the aboriginal population is higher in Winnipeg than in Ottawa

– Percent formula = aboriginal population divided by total population times 100

INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS

Human RightsMillenium Development GoalsPolitical Stability

International Statistics

• World Development Indicators (World Bank) AND SEE LOOK-UP LIST OF INDICATORS (social indicators) http://databank.worldbank.org/ddp/home.do?Step=12&id=4&CNO=2

• International Human Development Indicators (UN)http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/

• Millenium Development Goal Indicators (World Bank) – addressing extreme poverty

http://databank.worldbank.org/ddp/home.do?Step=12&id=4&CNO=1184

• Social and welfare statistics (OECD)https://login.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/login?url=http://stats.oecd.org/WBOS/index.aspx

• For broad range of human rights topics, see blog: http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/stats-on-human-rights/human-rights-statistics-

data-sources/

International statistics, Political stability…

• World Governance Indicators (World Bank)http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/index.asp

• Corruption Perceptions Index (web site Transparency International - and also note their other surveys and indices)http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi

• Political Risk (PRG) on page: International Country Risk (ICRG) Researcher Datasets

http://gsg.uottawa.ca/data/icrg-e.html

ODESI

How to Access DLI data?

• Some data can only be obtained by request via the DLI contact for the institution (Library)

• Access DLI data through the database: ODESI

ODESI• Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and

Infrastructure• A product of a unique partnership between university

libraries, business, and government via OCUL• supports basic tabulation and analysis online, and

allows for the downloading of datasets into statistical software for further analysis

• Provides metadata and documentation for accurate use and interpretation of data

• Statistics Canada's public-use survey data forms the core of ODESI's social survey data holdings DLI

Odesi demonstration

http://www.biblio.uottawa.ca/content-page.php?g=en&s=biblio&c=src-suj

• Data and Statistics guide– Get data

• Browse and download data …

to create, download statistical tables and more