World Data Analyst

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World Data Analyst

• Detailed statistics for more than 200 countries
  that can be compared in tables and charts.
• from Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Skills promoted

• Graphing skills
• Ability to interpret graphs
• Critical thinking skills
• Knowledge of geography
• Technology application skills
• from Teacher Tips sheet

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Access from the Core Collection,
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from any grade level button,
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Use World Data Analyst to view

• Country Snapshots

• Current Comparisons

• Chronological Comparisons

• Ranked Statistics

• Help Guided Tour

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Country SnapshotsConcise, current information on
over 200 countries displayed in PDF format
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Contents include

• Political Information
• Area Population
• Demography
• Vital Statistics
• National Economy

• Foreign Trade
• Transport Communication
• Education Health
• Military

Articles contain footnotes and many have Web
links to further information, such as Census and
Statistics Department http//www.info.gov.hk/censt
atd
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Current Comparisons

• Select
• One or more Countries
• One or more Statistics
• Then choose to display as either a
• Table or
• Chart

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Table format
The statistics are displayed beside the year the
data was acquired or the date of the prediction.
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Chart format
Export data to spreadsheet
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Export to a Spreadsheet for additional
computation or graphing
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Chronological Comparisons
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Chronological Comparisons

• Choose one or more country
• Choose only one statistic
• Compares statistics over a period of years
• Tip You can jump to a category by typing a
  letter

D Demography V Vital Statistics N National
Economy
F Foreign Trade E Education and Health T
Transportation and Communication M Military
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Export to spreadsheet
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Ranked Statistics

• Highest Rankings
• Lowest Rankings
• Special Attributes

Highest Ranking allows selection of region or
continent.
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Highest 10, 25, 50, 100 or all
Cellular Phone Subscriptions The United States
ranks number fifty but that was in 2002!
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Lowest rankings
Export data to spreadsheet
Print or E-mail
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Special Attributes

• Largest
• Islands
• National Parks
• Universities (by enrollment)
• Longest
• Tunnels
• Rivers
• Bridges

• Major
• Canals
• Caves
• Earthquakes
• Mountains
• Natural Lakes
• Volcanoes
• Most Populous Urban Areas
• Oceans Seas
• Waterfalls
• Deserts

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Some statistics list both common and metric
measurements
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How can World Data Analyst be used in the
classroom?

• Social Studies, Grades 3-5
• Social Studies Skills Methods
• Communicate social studies information using
  graphs or tables.
• Read about another country in a library book, on
  Britannica Elementary or Country Snapshots.
• Use Current Comparisons to create graphs or
  tables comparing that country to the United
  States in such things as Average Household Size,
  Total Area, Electrical Consumption, Total Farms,
  etc.

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• Social Studies, Grades 6-8
• Economics
• Explain why trade occurs and how historical
  patterns of trade have contributed to global
  interdependence.
• Study the Country Snapshots for the United
  States, Iraq and Russia.
• Use Current Comparisons to create graphs or
  tables comparing Annual Natural Gas Production,
  Annual Electricity Consumption and other
  statistics.
• Discuss the changes in the patterns of trade to
  obtain needed resources. Discuss political
  relations with other countries based on needs for
  these resources.

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• Mathematics, Grades 11-12
• Data Analysis Probability
• Design and perform a statistical experiment,
  simulation or study collect and interpret data
  and use descriptive statistics to communicate and
  support predictions and conclusions
• Do a Chronological Comparison on a statistics
  such as Daily Newspaper Circulation and Personal
  Computers.
• Export the data into a spreadsheet and manipulate
  data into graphs and charts.
• Use this data and current knowledge to predict
  what may happen in this area in the next ten
  years.

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