1. Secondary Data Management 540 Spring 2001

2. Data Scavenger Hunt Using the library and/or computer lab find the following information as quickly as you can. The challenge may be in finding the right source, using the correct key words, in phrasing your search with the correct boolean format or all or any of the foregoing.

3. Data Scavenger Hunt How many non-faculty jobs did mathematicians hold in 1998? In the federal government, who is the primary employer of mathematicians? What was the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Illinois in January 1998? In February 1999? In December 2000?

4. Data Scavenger Hunt How many work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers occurred in 1990? In 1998? What year saw the smallest number of work stoppages in the data that you found? What is the primary SIC code for Dell Computer?

5. Data Scavenger Hunt As of 1/28/00 how many people did Dell Computer employ? How many visits per week does www.dell.com receive according to the latest information you can find? www.dell.com What % of women have had 10 or more male sexual partners in their lifetimes as reported in 1995?

6. Data Scavenger Hunt How many new houses built in 1996 had one fireplace? What % of houses built in 1996 had three or more bathrooms? How much has Illinois received during FY 01 from the Federal Government?

7. Data Scavenger Hunt How many kilometers of paved highways are there in India? In 1990 how many married-couple family households with related children were there in McDonough County? Without children? How many ranch raised fur pelts were produced in Canada in 1998? What was their value?

8. Data Scavenger Hunt What % of GDP does Poland spend on its military? How much has Illinois received during FY 01 from riverboat gambling taxes? What did the unemployment trend look like in Mexico during the 1990s? When did unemployment peak?

9. Data Sources http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ - Statistical Abstracthttp://www.census.gov/statab/www/ http://stats.bls.gov/ - Bureaus of Labor Statisticshttp://stats.bls.gov/ http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm – Edgar databasehttp://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm http://www.census.gov/ - Census Bureauhttp://www.census.gov/ http://www.ioc.state.il.us/iw/index1.cfm – Illinois state informationhttp://www.ioc.state.il.us/iw/index1.cfm http://www.fedstats.gov/ - Fedstatshttp://www.fedstats.gov/ http://www.statcan.ca/start.html - Statistics Canada