Using Statistics Canada Data at York University

Statistical Consulting Service (SCS) Short Course

Tuesdays, October 13 and 20, 2015, 1:00pm-3:30pm
York Research Data Centre (RDC), Statistics Canada, York Lanes 283B

 

Resource Web Links for the Course

1) The York University Statistics Canada Research Data Centre (RDC)
http://www.isr.yorku.ca/rdc/

2) RDC Program
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/rdc-cdr/index-eng.htm

3) Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/

4) RDC Data, Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/rdc/data

5) RDC Data, Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN)
http://www.rdc-cdr.ca/datasets-and-surveys

6) All DLI Products, Data Liberation Initiative (DLI)
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/products-eng.htm

7) Statistics Canada's Nesstar server
Provides access to metadata for all Statistics Canada’s PUMFs and master files.
No downloads are allowed.
http://www62.statcan.ca/webview/

8) Select Statistics Canada Surveys, Statistics Canada Research Data Centre
at McMaster University
http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/rdc/surveys.html

9) Data & Statistics Library Guide, York University Libraries (YUL)
http://researchguides.library.yorku.ca/data

10) <odesi>, Ontario Council of Libraries (OCUL)
http://www.library.yorku.ca/e/resolver/id/1546562  (for York U. community members)

11) <odesi>, Ontario Council of Libraries (OCUL)
http://odesi.ca/  (for non-York U. users)

12) SDA Microdata Analysis & Subsetting, University of Toronto
http://www.library.yorku.ca/e/resolver/id/1544936  (for York U. community members)

13) Application process and guidelines for research projects at RDCs
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/rdc/process

14) Sample proposal for a research project at an RDC (Word document)
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/sites/default/files/migration/sample_rdc_application_eng.doc

15) Statistical Software Resources,
Institute for Digital Research and Educations (idre), UCLA
http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/

16) Statistical Consulting Service, York University
http://www.isr.yorku.ca/scs/

 

Instructors E-mail Addresses

Sara Tumpane, RDC Analyst <yorkrdc2@yorku.ca>
Walter Giesbrecht, Data Librarian <walterg@yorku.ca>
Hugh McCague, Statistical Consultant <hmccague@yorku.ca>