Presenting Economic Data and Information
Dates
November 5 9, 2012
Application deadline
October 5, 2012
Tuition
$2,000
Participants
This seminar is designed primarily for economists, statisticians, researchers,
analysts, and managers working with price and labor statistics. Participants should
have an elementary knowledge of statistics.
Objectives
To strengthen participants' skills in effectively presenting and communicating economic data and
information by:
- Developing skills in presenting economic data to a wide audience
- Developing skills in creating meaningful and clear tables, charts, and written analysis
- Developing skills in writing and presenting metadata
- Applying learned skills to improve their organization's data products
Program content
This seminar will draw on the experience of BLS staff and others in
displaying and reporting statistical data. Effective tools and approaches to clearly and objectively
presenting data to a variety of audiences and users will be discussed. BLS staff will share widely
accepted best practices for creating data tables and graphs. Writing press releases, reports, and analytic
articles will be discussed. Participants will apply the skills learned during the seminar to critique
and improve existing data products published by their organization. Throughout the seminar, participants
will be exposed to varied presentation vehicles and tips on how to create them. A discussion is included
on the various customers that use statistical data and the ways in which they use them, to highlight the
benefits of clear and effective presentation of data. Workshops are included to put the skills learned
into practice.
A summary of the program is as follows:
- Analysis: The link between data and understanding
- How does BLS report statistical data?
- Visual presentation of statistics
- Tabular presentation of statistics
- Tools for analysis
- Written analysis
- Analysis in action - how the household labor force survey is reported and used
- Understanding metadata
- PowerPoint tips and tricks
- Dissemination and tracking of data users
- How analysis fits into policy formulation
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