Download WISER Social Sciences: Statistical Data Mark Janes

WISER Social Sciences:
Statistical Data
Mark Janes
Social Sciences Subject
Consultant
Do you have a data question?
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What is the GDP of Nigeria?
How popular is the government of Bolivia?
What is the global commodity price of Nutmeg?
Where can I find post-1945 election results for
London?
• What is the happiest country in the World?
Not just a number …
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Multiple years
Multiple variables
Cross-national
Data standards
Collection methods
Sources
Migrant jobs fiasco: Official estimate goes
from 800,000 to 1.5m in 24 hours
Immigration, Home Office statistics and a
catastrophic cover-up of 300,000 foreign
workers
The 300,000 'missing' illegal immigrants
Politics, practicalities, or both?
• First estimate from the International Passenger Survey
(IPS) “a survey of a random sample of passengers entering and leaving the
UK by air, sea or the Channel Tunnel”
• Extra 300,000 found after analysis of the Labour Force
Survey “a quarterly sample survey of households living at private
addresses in Great Britain”
• Final revised estimate from National Insurance
registrations
Who is counting?
Multiple sources of published data
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Web sites of NGOs, IGOs etc.
Popular data Web sites (e.g. NationMaster)
National archives and data services
Commercial databases
Central statistical offices
Researcher Web pages
Data visualization sites
Newspapers
Data in research papers