Countries and Citizens: Linking International Macro and Micro

Data (LIMMD)

online learning and teaching resource

Rationale for Countries and Citizens project

• ESDS provides two types of data:– Aggregate (or macro) data - aggregated to a country

or regional level. – Survey (or micro) data - data about individuals.

• Aims of project were to:– Raise awareness of International data

• Promote increased and more effective use of survey and aggregate data in comparative research

– Understand linkages between the data• Increase awareness of the methodological, statistical and

technical issues associated with combining survey and aggregate data

Five units

• 1. The basics of macro and micro data.• 2. Making cross-national comparisons

using macro data.• 3. Making cross-national comparisons

using micro data.• 4. An introduction to combining macro and

micro data.• 5. Multi-level modelling using macro and

micro data.

Powerpoint slides

Very popular

Accounts for most accesses

Videos

• Talking headsSiobhan Carey

Head of Statistics at the

UK Government

Department for

International Development

author of Unit 3

• Produced at a workshop with staff and students• Valuable resource for self study and teaching

Online Unit Study Guides

Examples

Activities

Teaching datasets – subsets of freely available data

Month Unique IP Addresses

May-07 2964

Jun-07 3121

Jul-07 3296

Aug-07 2852

Sep-07 3551

Oct-07 2235

Nov-07 4661

Dec-07 5269

Jan-08 4100

Feb-08 2588

Mar-08 2484

Apr-08 2531

HTML Pages

Powerpoint Materials

Total

Unit 1 1682 26903 28585

Unit 2 2145 68 2213

Unit 3 1960 52 2012

Unit 4 695 10 705

Unit 5 848 100 948

Number of Users Per Unit

Number of Users Per MonthUnique IP addresses

Unique IP address between 1 May 2007 - 30 April 2008

52,300 page views by 33,302 visitors in period May 2007-Apr2008

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