Please note:
3 November 2020
This page is no longer being updated as the training courses have been paused for the time being.
Upcoming training courses
Date and Location |
Title |
|---|---|
| 28 to 29 October 2019 Birkbeck University, London |
Understanding and Analysing Data, Mary O'Mahony |
| 9 to 11 December 2019 RSS Errol Street, London |
National Accounts, Francois Lequiller |
Further information can be found below.
Past events
Understanding Data and Basic Statistics: 21 to 22 May 2018
The purpose of this practical two day workshop is to present an overview of manipulations of data that are often required prior to statistical analysis. Topics will include dealing with outliers, combining data from different sources, calculating annual average growth rates, weighting and smoothing data and constructing indexes. It will also cover basic statistical methods used in describing data such as measures of central tendency and dispersion, correlation and the use of dummy variables in regression analysis.
This course is part of a series that has been created and endorsed by Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Royal Economic Society (RES). The series aims to improve quality and understanding in various economic statistics topics.
Inequality and Poverty Analysis
This two-day course provided an introduction to the ways in which analysts measure inequality and poverty, addressing conceptual issues and practical matters including data. There was also be hands-on sessions in the computer lab to gain experience of analysis of real world data.
This course is part of a series that has been created and endorsed by Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Royal Economic Society (RES). The series aims to improve quality and understanding in various economic statistics topics.
Prices Training Course 11th – 12th February 2018 Central London
Tutor Huw Dixon, Cardiff University
This two-day course explored the economic and statistical theory behind the construction of price indices. The main part of the course looked at the price data used to construct the indices, how it is combined in different indices and to explained the differences between the different inflation measures.
This course is part of a series that has been created and endorsed by Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Royal Economic Society (RES). The series aims to improve quality and understanding in various economic statistics topics.
Services and Intangibles – Challenges for Economic Statistics in the Digital Age
Wednesday 5 July 2017 The Shard, Level 17, London
This event was organised jointly by Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) and the Royal Economic Society (RES). Presenters Professor Diane Coyle (University of Manchester, ONS Fellow), Professor Jonathan Haskel (Imperial College, London) and discussant Peter Van de Ven (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), covered the difficulties of measuring services sector activity and intangible assets.
National Accounts training course
Wednesday 20 to Friday 22 September Broadway House, London
Tutor – François Lequiller, Counsellor to Director of Statistics, OECD and former head of the French National Accounts
This training course is based on the second edition (October 2014) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) manual Understanding National Accounts by François Lequiller and Derek Blades.
Sessions in this course included:
household and business accounts
financial accounts
gross domestic product, well-being, globalisation and multinationals
This course is part of a series that has been created and endorsed by Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Royal Economic Society (RES). The series aims to improve quality and understanding in various economic statistics topics.
Understanding Data and Basic Statistics
Monday 11 to Tuesday 12 December, London
Tutor – Mary O'Mahony, Professor of Applied Economics at King's College, London and former ONS Fellow
This practical training course presented an overview of manipulations of data that are often required prior to statistical analysis.
Sessions in this course included:
weighting and smoothing data
constructing indexes
methods used in describing data; such as measures of central tendency and dispersion
This course was part of a series that has been created and endorsed by Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Royal Economic Society (RES). The series aims to improve quality and understanding in various economic statistics topics.