Here you can find your five tasks - to be done at a classroom or at home. Instructions of what to do, you get during classes. Correspondence relating these tasks should be made thru an e-mail asidenko@bk.ru addressing Anatoly V. Sidenko. We are writing below, for the sake of brevity, "to me". In the "Subject" line you should mention your personal number.
Please attach your tasks as Word 1997-2003 format files.
Another way to send your tasks is to upload them at the web-site http://reameo.mylivepage.ru/ to the folder "International Statistics".
The name of your files in this case should consist of three parts:
1.Task number (from 1 to 5).
2.Hyphen "-".
3.Your personal number.
For instance a student with a personal number 177 should upload his Task 2 with the name "2-177.doc".

Illustrations on this page are made by a nice girl Nina Avilkina my student during academic year 2007/2008

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Task1 - LET'S GET ACQUAINTED<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Answer the following questions:
 1. Make correction of your name if any.
2. Tell me about yourself.
3. Describe your knowledge of statistics, skills of work in the Internet and Excell.
4. Give an e-mail address and contact phone number.
5. Reserve a country for investigation.
6. Reserve an international organization to describe its site.
7. Tell about your preferences: lectures or practical work on computers.
8. Reserve an outstanding statistician to describe his biography and activities.
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>WAITING FOR A SURPRISE<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<


Compiling a database on your country
Please follow this way:

1. http://www.imf.org - the web-site of the International Monetary Fund =>Data and Statistics.
2. http://www.imf.org/external/data.htm => World Economic Outlook Database, April 2009.
3. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/01/weodata/index.aspx => By Countries (country-level data).
4. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/01/weodata/weoselgr.aspx => All countries.
5. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/01/weodata/weoselco.aspx?g=2001&sg=All+countries => .
6. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/01/weodata/weoselco.aspx?g=2001&sg=All+countries = select your country from the list of 182. => .
7. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/01/weodata/... => "Select All" => => Start Year: 1980 or other earliest available => End Year: 2014 => Decimal Symbol: "," => => Shift down => .
You received an Excell file with all data required for your Task 2.

TASK2 Analyse the database of your country using Excell functions and produce forecasts on 5 years. Compare your results with the estimations and forecasts of the IMF. Make conclusions.



TASK 3

Describe two web-sites:
1. The National Statistical Division of your country.
2. Your international organization.

The main questions to be answered:
- official requisites;
- the list of pages and main possibilities of a web-site, most important links, vacancies available;
- the list of publications printed and especially available on the web-site;
- detailed description of the statistical part: database (the range of years and indicators, the cost of downloading data), methodology notes.
The size of each description - 3 pages in Tomes New Roman 14,interval 1.



TASK 4 Describe the life and activities of your Statistician. Include his picture to the report. The size of description - 3 pages in Tomes New Roman 14,interval 1.



Task 5

Tell me about your complaints and wishes - how you see this short course to become better for future students.



Thank you very much for your kind attention!



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