Question #4: What was the 2006 annual PPP for Vitamins? For Paper? I went to stats.bls.gov. Under Inflation and Consumer Spending, I clicked on PPI. Then I scrolled down to detailed summaries and most requested data. I clicked on Commodit Data. Then I selected Vitamins and Paper from the list of available data. I clicked on Retrieve Data. I got 2 tables, one for Vitamins (2001-2008) and found that the annual PPI in 2006 was 103.3. The other table was Paper (1998-2008) and found the annual PPI in 2006 was 167.4.
Question #5 What was the price of regular gasoline the week of 12/24/07? The week of 9/10/01? I went into Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov/). I clicked on Petroleum under Energy Sources. I clicked on Weekly Retail Gasoline and Diesel Prices. This shows a tale for gasoline by grade. I found Regular and clicked on History. I scrolled down and found the two dates: 12/24/07: 298.0 cents/gallon 9/10/07: 152.7 cents/gallon
Question #6: What was the price of oil per barrel of Maya 22 (Mexico) and Nigeria Bonny Light 37 on 1/11/08? Again in the Energy Information Administration, under Petroleum, I clicked on World Crude Oil Prices. I scrolled down to find the two names. I clicked on View History to find the right dates. Maya 22 (Mexico) $81.29/barrel Nigeria Bonny Light 37 $97.00/barrel
Question #8: Can you find me a table showing the mean time spent with a physician? I am interested in the average time an ophthalmologist spends with a patient. I spent a large amound of time wandering around the National Center for Health Statistics. I found the topic "Doctor Visits (Ambulatory Care)" fairly easily as the most likely choice, but had a hard time finding a likely table. Finally I came upon the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 2005 Summary. On Table 30, I found the mean time spent with a physician--19.7 minutes and the average time spent with an ophthalmologist to be 17.9.
Part II: Question 3: How many military reserve personnel were there in 2004? On the Statistical Abstract web page, I clicked on National Security and Veterans Affairs. On that page I found the heading Military Personnel and Expeditures. I clicked on Table 493 Military and Civilian Personnel and Expenditures 1990 to 2005. There was a listing for Reserve Personnel.
Question 5: How many post offices were there in 2005? I typed the phrse Post offices in the search box. I selected Table 1094 U.S. Postal Service Summary 1980 to 2006. It listed the number of post offices by year
Question 8: What percentage of the American Adult population is considered to be obese? What about Denmark? I clicked on International Statistics. I scrolled down to Vital Statistics: Health and Education. I found Table 1308 Percentage of Adult Population Considered to Be Obese, 2004. The table listed both the US and Denmark.
Part I 1. Using the inflation calculator on the BLS website, see how much buying power $10 the year you were born or graduated from high school has today. •Answer: $50.64 •Path Used: accessed the Bureau of Labor Statistics website at http://stats.bls.gov> clicked on Inflation Calculator>typed in $10.00>selected 1972 for the year I was born from the drop down window> clicked on Calculate for answer since 2008 was the default year that was already highlighted in the second drop down window
2. Using the CDC’s Fastfacts A to Z, pick a health topic and report its statistics. Please provide the year of the data and the link to the page in your answer. •Answer: data collected from 1995; statistics found at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/sinuses.htm Morbidity Number of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed sinusitis: 29.5 million Percent of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed sinusitis: 14 Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults, 2005, Table 3, 4, Appendix III, Table V Health care use Ambulatory care Number of visits to office-based physicians: 12.6 million Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Summary, Table 13 Number of hospital outpatient visits: 1.2 million Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Outpatient Department Summary, Table 11 •Path Used: accessed the National Center for Health Statistics website at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/Default.htm > scrolled down to S> clicked on Sinusitis (chronic)
3. From the May 2006 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, pick 3 occupations and list their mean annual salary. • Answer: Librarians = $50,860; Pharmacists = $93,500; Message Therapists = $39,380 • Path Used: access the Used: accessed the Bureau of Labor Statistics website at http://stats.bls.gov> clicked on Advanced Search> typed in National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates in search box> clicked on Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates > clicked on May 2006 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates> scrolled down list to view all occupations>chose 3 of them: librarians, pharmacists, message therapists
4. How many births were there in Texas last year? If you can’t find data for 2007, how old is the data that you can find? • Answer: 385,963 in 2005 for live births • Path Used: accessed the Statistical Abstract of the United States online at http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/index.html > clicked on Births, Deaths, Marriages, & Divorces > clicked on Live Births by State and Island Areas: 2005(Excel) > scrolled down to Texas
Part II 1. How many people in the US speak Tagalog at home? • Table #/Name: Table 52. Languages Spoken at Home by Language: 2005 • Path Used: accessed the Statistical Abstract of the United States online at http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/index.html > clicked on Population : Ancestry, Language Spoken at home > clicked on the Excel version of Languages Spoken At Home by Language: 2005
2. How many military reserve personnel were there in 2004? • Table #/Name: Table 502. Military Reserve Personnel: 1990 to 2006 • Path Used: access Statistical Abstracts online> clicked on National Security & Veterans Affairs: Military Personnel and Expenditures> clicked on the Excel version of Military Reserve Personnel: 1990 to 2006
3. How many books were sold in 2005? • Table #/Name: Table 1106. Quantity of Books Sold and Value of U.S. Domestic Consumer Expenditures: 2005 to 2010 • Path Used: accessed the Statistical Abstracts website> clicked on Information & Communications: Publishing Industries> clicked on the Excel version of Quantity of Books Sold and Value of Consumer Domestic Expenditures: 2006 to 2010
1. What was the average CPI for 1958 for the United States? The annual average was 28.9. I used stats.bls.gov, then went to "get Detailed CPI Statistics and used the table.
2. Using the inflation calculator on the BLS website, see how much buying power $10 the year you were born. I was born in 1958 and the buying power is $73.25. I used the BLS website, clicked inflation calculator, and entered 1958 and $10.
3. From the 2006 National Occupational Handbook, pick 3 occupations and list their mean annual salary. I used the Occupational Handbook, I scrolled down and found teacher and annual salary $43,580-$48,690, nurse's annual salary $57,280 and lawyer's annual salary $102,470.
4. What is the PPI for vitamins and paper? The PPI for paper is 167.4 and the PPI for vitamins is 103.3. I used stats.bls.gov, went to PPI, then commodity, then clicked on paper and then vitamins
Part II 4. How many persons wereon the federal food stamp program in Texas in 2005? The answer can be found on table 552. I used www.census.gov, clicked soial .. and human services, then clicked food programs and then found table 552 for search by states. 7. What were the average premiums for renters and homeowners insurance for the U.S. and for Texas? The answer can be found on table 1197. I used www.census.gov, clicked Banking, Finance and Insurance, clicked Insurance and found table 1197
Part II 1. How many people speak Tagalog at home in the U.S.? The answer would be found on table 52. I used www.census.gov, clicked population, clicked languages spoken at home by language.
Chase said.... 2. Iwent to www.bls.gov, Bureau of Labor Statistics website and located the Inflation Calculator where I entered $10.00 in 1934, the year of my birth has the same buying power as $157.98 in 2008.
Chase said..... 3. Went to the May 2006 National Occupational Employment and Wage Summary. I went to the Library related occupations: 25-0000 $45,320. 25-1082 $57,550 25-4021 $50,860
Chase said.... 11. Statistical Abstract of the United States:2007: Table 80 Live births by state: 2004 showed Texas to be the 2nd highest with 384,389.
Chase said.... the source for my answers was the "Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007" Part II 1. Table 51 2. Table 170 for the year 2004 5. Table 1105 10. Table 1234
Chase said .... Part I # 1 I went to the Historical Statistics of the United States Vol. 1 p.210 "Consumer Price Indexes All items" 1958 86.6 with a base 1967 = 100.
2. What was $10 worth when you were born? – www.bls.gov>under Inflation & Consumer Spending>Inflation calculator
4. What is the 2006 annual PPI for vitamins? For Paper www.bls.gov>under Inflation and Consumer Spending>Producer Price Indexes>after much searching>Get Detailed PPI Statistics>Commodity Data>select Vitamins and Paper>click Retrieve Data> Vitamins – 2006 annual PPI - 103.3 Paper - 2006 annual PPI - 167.4
9. Pipeline incidents – Texas I first tried Lexis Nexis with no luck. Then www.eia.doe.gov (Energy Information Administration) with no luck. Then Google search – keywords>texas and pipeline and incidents. Found City of Austin, Pipeline Hazard page, clicked on U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Pipeline Safety>PHMSA>Data and Statistics>Serious Incidents or Significant Incidents. This gives tables of data from 1988 through 2007.
5. What was the price of regular gasoline the week of 12/24/07 and 9/10/01? www.eia.doe.gov>Petroleum>Prices – Weekly retail gasoline and diesel prices>from table click under View History, 1990-2008 for Regular. From table for week of 12/24/07 – 298.00 cents per gallon From table for week of 09/10/01 – 152.70 cents per gallon
Part II
5. How many Post Offices in 2005. Census.gov>under Special Topics – Statistical Abstract>in Search the Abstract type Post Offices>US Postal Service – Summary>Table # 1094
7. Average premium for renters and homeowners insurance. Census.gov>under Special Topics – Statistical Abstract>from menu on the left select Banking, Finance and Insurance>from the drop down, click Insurance> Table # 1197 - Renters and Homeowners Insurance--Average Premiums by State: 2000-2004
10. How many rowing NCAA rowing teams 2004-2005. Census.gov>under Special Topics – Statistical Abstract>in Search the Abstract type NCAA>Participation in NCAA sports. Table # 1234
Part 1, question 9-pipeline incidents-Statistical universe-search tables research- in keyword box put pipeline incidents- limit to state and pick dates 2004-2008,--3 tables for 2005 Hazardous liquid-96; Natural Gas Distribution-18; Natural Gas Transmission-25 Lois jerolleman
Part I Question #2: Using the inflation calculator on the BLS website, see how much buying power $10 the year you were born or graduated from high school has today. Answer: $10 the year I was born has the same buying power as $34.93 today. Resource and Path Used: http://stats.bls.gov -> Clicked ‘Inflation Calculator’ -> Input “$10” -> Select 1977 -> Click ‘Calculate’ -> Retrieve $34.93
Question #3: From the May 2006 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, pick 3 occupations and list their mean annual salary. Answer: Farmers & Ranchers = $43,520, Mathematicians = $86,780, and Lawyers = $113,660. Resource and Path Used: http://stats.bls.gov -> Select ‘Advanced Search’ -> Search for ‘National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates -> Retrieve 300 documents -> Select ‘Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates’ -> Select ‘May 2006 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates’ -> Chose random occupations
Question #5: What was the price of regular gasoline the week of 12/24/07? The week of 9/10/01? Answer: The week of 12/24/07, the price of regular gasoline was $2.98. The week of 9/10/01, the price of regular gasoline was $1.527. Resource and Path Used: http://www.eia.doe.gov -> Click ‘Petroleum’ -> Click ‘Weekly Retail Gasoline & Diesel Prices’ -> Under View History Select ‘Regular 1990-2008 -> 12/24/07 = 298.0, 9/10/01= 152.7
Question #7: Using the CDC’s Fastfacts A to Z, pick a health topic and report its statistics. Please provide the year of the data and the link to the page in your answer. Answer: Statistics for Teen Pregnancy: Number of live births to 15-19 year olds: 414,593 Birth rate for 15-19 year olds: 40.5 live births per 1,000 population Year of data is 2005. Link to page is http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/teenbrth.htm Resource and Path Used: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/ -> Select ‘Teen Pregnancy’ -> Retrieve data
Part 2 Question #1: How many people in the US speak Tagalog at home? Answer: Table 52 Languages Spoken at Home by Language: 2005 Resource and Path Used: HPL Website -> Click 'Research' tab -> Select 'Government' -> Click ‘U.S. Census Bureau’ -> Click ‘Publications’ -> Click ‘Statistical Abstracts’-> Select ‘2007-2008’-> Select ‘2007 Section 1. Population Table 1-75 ’ -> Search ‘Tagalog’ in pdf file -> Retrieved 2004 table -> Go back -> Select ‘2008 Section 1. Population Table 1-76’ -> Search ‘Tagalog’ in pdf file -> Table 52
Question #9: How many books were sold in 2005? Answer: Table 1118. Quantity of Books Sold: 2004 to 2009. Resource and Path Used: HPL Website -> Click 'Research' tab -> Select 'Government' -> Click ‘U.S. Census Bureau’ -> Click ‘Publications’ -> Click ‘Statistical Abstracts’-> Select ‘2007-2008’-> Select ‘2007 Index 943-999 ’ -> Search ‘Book’ in pdf file -> Book sales = 1023, 1025, 1118, 1119 -> Go back -> Select ‘2007 Section 24. Information & Communications’ -> Search ‘1118’ in pdf file -> Retrieve Table 1118
Question #10: How many NCAA rowing teams were there in 2004-05? Answer: Table 1234. Participation in NCAA Sports: 2004 to 2005 Resource and Path Used: HPL Website -> Click 'Research' tab -> Select 'Government' -> Click ‘U.S. Census Bureau’ -> Click ‘Publications’ -> Click ‘Statistical Abstracts’-> Select ‘2007-2008’-> Select ‘2007 Index 943-999 ’ -> Search ‘NCAA’ in pdf file -> NCAA sports participation = 1234 -> Go back -> Select ‘2007 Section 26. Arts, Recreation, and Travel’ -> Search ‘1234’ in pdf file -> Retrieve Table 1234
Part 1-#1-CPI for 1958 for US stat sources on web-Cost of living-CPI index-US Bureau of Labor and Stat.-to CPI section-then tables-go History tables-pick 1958-scroll to annual avg.-28.9. Part 1-#1-Denmark-Stat. universe-key word CPI-limit to Foreign countries-dates 1958 search-Pick # 1 CPI foreign countries-1950-2005. Annual index 1982-84=100- Lok under Austria, find year-31.6
1. What was the average CPI for 1958 for the United States? I went to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and under inflation & consumer spending, I clicked on Consumer Price Index. I clicked on table containing history of CPI-U-U.S. all items indexes and annual percent change from 1913 to present. The answer is 28.9.
4, What is the 2006 annual PPI for vitamins? For paper? I went to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and under inflation & consumer spending, I clicked on producer price indexes. Under get detailed PPI statistics - most requested statistics, I clicked on commodity data. I checked vitamins and then retrieve data. Answer 103.3. I did the same thing for paper and the answer is 167.4.
7. Using the CDC's Fastfacts A to Z, pick a health topic and report its statistics. Provide the year of the data and the link to the page in your answer. I went to the National Center for Health Statistics Fastfacts page, and clicked on cancer - hospice care. The number of current patients with cancer as a primary diagnosis is 55,000. The percentage of current patients with cancer as primary diagnosis is 52. The source is the 2000 National Home and Hospice Care Survey, table 12.
8. Can you find me a table showing the mean time spent with a physician? I am interested in the average time an ophthalmologist spends with a patient. I went to the National Center for Health Statistics and searched ophthalmologist patient time. The average time in 1976 was 16 - 30 minutes. I found this from table 6, advance data from vital and health statistics no. 31, 7/14/78.
5. How many US Post Offices were there in 2005? I typed post offices in the search the abstract box. The answer can be found using table 1094 - U.S. Postal Service Summary: 1980 to 2006.
8. What percentage of the American adult population is considered to be obese? What about Denmark? I typed obese in the search the abstract box. The answers can be found using table 1308 - Percentage of the Adult Population Considered to be obese 2003 and 2004.
9. How many books were sold in 2005? I typed books sold in the search the abstract box. The answer can be found using table 1106 - Quantity of Books Sold and Value of U.S. Domestic Consumber Expenditures: 2005 to 2010.
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Question #4: What was the 2006 annual PPP for Vitamins? For Paper?
I went to stats.bls.gov. Under Inflation and Consumer Spending, I clicked on PPI. Then I scrolled down to detailed summaries and most requested data. I clicked on Commodit Data. Then I selected Vitamins and Paper from the list of available data. I clicked on Retrieve Data. I got 2 tables, one for Vitamins (2001-2008) and found that the annual PPI in 2006 was 103.3. The other table was Paper (1998-2008) and found the annual PPI in 2006 was 167.4.
Question #5 What was the price of regular gasoline the week of 12/24/07? The week of 9/10/01?
I went into Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov/). I clicked on Petroleum under Energy Sources. I clicked on Weekly Retail Gasoline and Diesel Prices. This shows a tale for gasoline by grade. I found Regular and clicked on History. I scrolled down and found the two dates:
12/24/07: 298.0 cents/gallon
9/10/07: 152.7 cents/gallon
Question #6: What was the price of oil per barrel of Maya 22 (Mexico) and Nigeria Bonny Light 37 on 1/11/08?
Again in the Energy Information Administration, under Petroleum, I clicked on World Crude Oil Prices. I scrolled down to find the two names. I clicked on View History to find the right dates.
Maya 22 (Mexico) $81.29/barrel
Nigeria Bonny Light 37 $97.00/barrel
Question #8: Can you find me a table showing the mean time spent with a physician? I am interested in the average time an ophthalmologist spends with a patient. I spent a large amound of time wandering around the National Center for Health Statistics. I found the topic "Doctor Visits (Ambulatory Care)" fairly easily as the most likely choice, but had a hard time finding a likely table. Finally I came upon the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 2005 Summary. On Table 30, I found the mean time spent with a physician--19.7 minutes and the average time spent with an ophthalmologist to be 17.9.
Laurie Covington
Part II:
Question 3: How many military reserve personnel were there in 2004? On the Statistical Abstract web page, I clicked on National Security and Veterans Affairs. On that page I found the heading Military Personnel and Expeditures. I clicked on Table 493 Military and Civilian Personnel and Expenditures 1990 to 2005. There was a listing for Reserve Personnel.
Question 5: How many post offices were there in 2005? I typed the phrse Post offices in the search box. I selected Table 1094 U.S. Postal Service Summary 1980 to 2006. It listed the number of post offices by year
Question 8: What percentage of the American Adult population is considered to be obese? What about Denmark? I clicked on International Statistics. I scrolled down to Vital Statistics: Health and Education. I found Table 1308 Percentage of Adult Population Considered to Be Obese, 2004. The table listed both the US and Denmark.
Laurie Covington
Suzy Benton
March: Statistics
Part I
1. Using the inflation calculator on the BLS website, see how much buying power $10 the year you were born or graduated from high school has today.
•Answer: $50.64
•Path Used: accessed the Bureau of Labor Statistics website at http://stats.bls.gov> clicked on Inflation Calculator>typed in $10.00>selected 1972 for the year I was born from the drop down window> clicked on Calculate for answer since 2008 was the default year that was already highlighted in the second drop down window
2. Using the CDC’s Fastfacts A to Z, pick a health topic and report its statistics. Please provide the year of the data and the link to the page in your answer.
•Answer: data collected from 1995; statistics found at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/sinuses.htm
Morbidity
Number of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed sinusitis: 29.5 million
Percent of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed sinusitis: 14
Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults, 2005, Table 3, 4, Appendix III, Table V
Health care use
Ambulatory care
Number of visits to office-based physicians: 12.6 million
Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Summary, Table 13
Number of hospital outpatient visits: 1.2 million
Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Outpatient Department Summary, Table 11
•Path Used: accessed the National Center for Health Statistics website at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/Default.htm > scrolled down to S> clicked on Sinusitis (chronic)
3. From the May 2006 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, pick 3 occupations and list their mean annual salary.
• Answer: Librarians = $50,860; Pharmacists = $93,500; Message Therapists = $39,380
• Path Used: access the Used: accessed the Bureau of Labor Statistics website at http://stats.bls.gov> clicked on Advanced Search> typed in National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates in search box> clicked on Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates > clicked on May 2006 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates> scrolled down list to view all occupations>chose 3 of them: librarians, pharmacists, message therapists
4. How many births were there in Texas last year? If you can’t find data for 2007, how old is the data that you can find?
• Answer: 385,963 in 2005 for live births
• Path Used: accessed the Statistical Abstract of the United States online at http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/index.html > clicked on Births, Deaths, Marriages, & Divorces > clicked on Live Births by State and Island Areas: 2005(Excel) > scrolled down to Texas
Part II
1. How many people in the US speak Tagalog at home?
• Table #/Name: Table 52. Languages Spoken at Home by Language: 2005
• Path Used: accessed the Statistical Abstract of the United States online at http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/index.html > clicked on Population : Ancestry, Language Spoken at home > clicked on the Excel version of Languages Spoken At Home by Language: 2005
2. How many military reserve personnel were there in 2004?
• Table #/Name: Table 502. Military Reserve Personnel: 1990 to 2006
• Path Used: access Statistical Abstracts online> clicked on National Security & Veterans Affairs: Military Personnel and Expenditures> clicked on the Excel version of Military Reserve Personnel: 1990 to 2006
3. How many books were sold in 2005?
• Table #/Name: Table 1106. Quantity of Books Sold and Value of U.S. Domestic Consumer Expenditures: 2005 to 2010
• Path Used: accessed the Statistical Abstracts website> clicked on Information & Communications: Publishing Industries> clicked on the Excel version of Quantity of Books Sold and Value of Consumer Domestic Expenditures: 2006 to 2010
1. What was the average CPI for 1958 for the United States? The annual average was 28.9. I used stats.bls.gov, then went to "get Detailed CPI Statistics and used the table.
2. Using the inflation calculator on the BLS website, see how much buying power $10 the year you were born.
I was born in 1958 and the buying power is $73.25. I used the BLS website, clicked inflation calculator, and entered 1958 and $10.
3. From the 2006 National Occupational Handbook, pick 3 occupations and list their mean annual salary. I used the Occupational Handbook, I scrolled down and found teacher and annual salary $43,580-$48,690, nurse's annual salary $57,280 and lawyer's annual salary $102,470.
4. What is the PPI for vitamins and paper? The PPI for paper is 167.4 and the PPI for vitamins is 103.3. I used
stats.bls.gov, went to PPI, then commodity, then clicked on paper and then vitamins
Part II
4. How many persons wereon the federal food stamp program in Texas in 2005? The answer can be found on table 552. I used www.census.gov, clicked soial .. and human services, then clicked food programs and then found table
552 for search by states.
7. What were the average premiums for renters and homeowners insurance for the U.S. and for Texas? The answer can be found on table 1197. I used www.census.gov, clicked Banking, Finance and Insurance, clicked Insurance and found table 1197
Part II
1. How many people speak Tagalog at home in the U.S.? The answer would be found on table 52. I used
www.census.gov, clicked population, clicked languages spoken at home by language.
Chase said....
2. Iwent to www.bls.gov, Bureau of Labor Statistics website and located the Inflation Calculator where I entered $10.00 in 1934, the year of my birth has the same buying power as $157.98 in 2008.
Chase said.....
3. Went to the May 2006 National Occupational Employment and Wage Summary. I went to the Library related occupations:
25-0000 $45,320.
25-1082 $57,550
25-4021 $50,860
Chase said....
11. Statistical Abstract of the United States:2007:
Table 80 Live births by state: 2004 showed Texas to be the 2nd highest with 384,389.
Chase said....
the source for my answers was the "Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2007"
Part II
1. Table 51
2. Table 170 for the year 2004
5. Table 1105
10. Table 1234
Chase said ....
Part I # 1
I went to the Historical Statistics of the United States Vol. 1 p.210 "Consumer Price Indexes All items"
1958 86.6 with a base 1967 = 100.
Pt. I
(1)Average CPI 1958:
CPI
-detailed stats
-all urban (old series)
-US all items
- 1958-98
answer 28.9
(2)Inflation Calculator:
CPI
-Get detailed stats
-Enter year to calculator
- 1956 (not my year of birth)
-answer 77.83
(5) Energy stats
Prices
-Weekly retail gasoline/diesel prices
-Regular for 1990-2008
Find date& prices
(10) Spot coal price:
Coal
-spot prices
-ILB prices on graph by date
SECTION II
(1) Tagalog
-Population
-Ancestory, Language spoken at Home by language 2005
(3)Military reserve personnel 2004
-Labor Force
-Nat'l Security/Vets Affairs
-Military personnel/Expenditures
-Military Reserve personnel 1990-
-Answer Table #502
(7)Average ins. premiums
Bnkg, Fin, & Ins
-Ins.
-Renters/HO's Ins
-Avg. premium by state
-Answer Table #1197
Heide Miller
Statistics blackboard
2. What was $10 worth when you were born? – www.bls.gov>under Inflation & Consumer Spending>Inflation calculator
4. What is the 2006 annual PPI for vitamins? For Paper
www.bls.gov>under Inflation and Consumer Spending>Producer Price Indexes>after much searching>Get Detailed PPI Statistics>Commodity Data>select Vitamins and Paper>click Retrieve Data>
Vitamins – 2006 annual PPI - 103.3
Paper - 2006 annual PPI - 167.4
9. Pipeline incidents – Texas
I first tried Lexis Nexis with no luck. Then www.eia.doe.gov (Energy Information Administration) with no luck. Then Google search – keywords>texas and pipeline and incidents. Found City of Austin, Pipeline Hazard page, clicked on U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Pipeline Safety>PHMSA>Data and Statistics>Serious Incidents or Significant Incidents. This gives tables of data from 1988 through 2007.
5. What was the price of regular gasoline the week of 12/24/07 and 9/10/01?
www.eia.doe.gov>Petroleum>Prices – Weekly retail gasoline and diesel prices>from table click under View History, 1990-2008 for Regular.
From table for week of 12/24/07 – 298.00 cents per gallon
From table for week of 09/10/01 – 152.70 cents per gallon
Part II
5. How many Post Offices in 2005.
Census.gov>under Special Topics – Statistical Abstract>in Search the Abstract type Post Offices>US Postal Service – Summary>Table # 1094
7. Average premium for renters and homeowners insurance.
Census.gov>under Special Topics – Statistical Abstract>from menu on the left select Banking, Finance and Insurance>from the drop down, click Insurance> Table # 1197 - Renters and Homeowners Insurance--Average Premiums by State: 2000-2004
10. How many rowing NCAA rowing teams 2004-2005.
Census.gov>under Special Topics – Statistical Abstract>in Search the Abstract type NCAA>Participation in NCAA sports.
Table # 1234
Part 1, question 9-pipeline incidents-Statistical universe-search tables research- in keyword box put pipeline incidents- limit to state and pick dates 2004-2008,--3 tables for 2005 Hazardous liquid-96; Natural Gas Distribution-18; Natural Gas Transmission-25 Lois jerolleman
Part I
Question #2: Using the inflation calculator on the BLS website, see how much buying power $10 the year you were born or graduated from high school has today.
Answer: $10 the year I was born has the same buying power as $34.93 today.
Resource and Path Used: http://stats.bls.gov -> Clicked ‘Inflation Calculator’ -> Input “$10” -> Select 1977 -> Click ‘Calculate’ -> Retrieve $34.93
Question #3: From the May 2006 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, pick 3 occupations and list their mean annual salary.
Answer: Farmers & Ranchers = $43,520, Mathematicians = $86,780, and Lawyers = $113,660.
Resource and Path Used: http://stats.bls.gov -> Select ‘Advanced Search’ -> Search for ‘National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates -> Retrieve 300 documents -> Select ‘Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates’ -> Select ‘May 2006 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates’ -> Chose random occupations
Question #5: What was the price of regular gasoline the week of 12/24/07? The week of 9/10/01?
Answer: The week of 12/24/07, the price of regular gasoline was $2.98. The week of 9/10/01, the price of regular gasoline was $1.527.
Resource and Path Used: http://www.eia.doe.gov -> Click ‘Petroleum’ -> Click ‘Weekly Retail Gasoline & Diesel Prices’ -> Under View History Select ‘Regular 1990-2008 -> 12/24/07 = 298.0, 9/10/01= 152.7
Question #7: Using the CDC’s Fastfacts A to Z, pick a health topic and report its statistics. Please provide the year of the data and the link to the page in your answer.
Answer: Statistics for Teen Pregnancy:
Number of live births to 15-19 year olds: 414,593
Birth rate for 15-19 year olds: 40.5 live births per 1,000 population
Year of data is 2005. Link to page is http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/teenbrth.htm
Resource and Path Used: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/ -> Select ‘Teen Pregnancy’ -> Retrieve data
Part 2
Question #1: How many people in the US speak Tagalog at home?
Answer: Table 52 Languages Spoken at Home by Language: 2005
Resource and Path Used: HPL Website -> Click 'Research' tab -> Select 'Government' -> Click ‘U.S. Census Bureau’ -> Click ‘Publications’ -> Click ‘Statistical Abstracts’-> Select ‘2007-2008’-> Select ‘2007 Section 1. Population Table 1-75 ’ -> Search ‘Tagalog’ in pdf file -> Retrieved 2004 table -> Go back -> Select ‘2008 Section 1. Population Table 1-76’ -> Search ‘Tagalog’ in pdf file -> Table 52
Question #9: How many books were sold in 2005?
Answer: Table 1118. Quantity of Books Sold: 2004 to 2009.
Resource and Path Used: HPL Website -> Click 'Research' tab -> Select 'Government' -> Click ‘U.S. Census Bureau’ -> Click ‘Publications’ -> Click ‘Statistical Abstracts’-> Select ‘2007-2008’-> Select ‘2007 Index 943-999 ’ -> Search ‘Book’ in pdf file -> Book sales = 1023, 1025, 1118, 1119 -> Go back -> Select ‘2007 Section 24. Information & Communications’ -> Search ‘1118’ in pdf file -> Retrieve Table 1118
Question #10: How many NCAA rowing teams were there in 2004-05?
Answer: Table 1234. Participation in NCAA Sports: 2004 to 2005
Resource and Path Used: HPL Website -> Click 'Research' tab -> Select 'Government' -> Click ‘U.S. Census Bureau’ -> Click ‘Publications’ -> Click ‘Statistical Abstracts’-> Select ‘2007-2008’-> Select ‘2007 Index 943-999 ’ -> Search ‘NCAA’ in pdf file -> NCAA sports participation = 1234 -> Go back -> Select ‘2007 Section 26. Arts, Recreation, and Travel’ -> Search ‘1234’ in pdf file -> Retrieve Table 1234
Part 1-#1-CPI for 1958 for US
stat sources on web-Cost of living-CPI index-US Bureau of Labor and Stat.-to CPI section-then tables-go History tables-pick 1958-scroll to annual avg.-28.9. Part 1-#1-Denmark-Stat. universe-key word CPI-limit to Foreign countries-dates 1958
search-Pick # 1 CPI foreign countries-1950-2005. Annual index 1982-84=100- Lok under Austria, find year-31.6
Part I
1. What was the average CPI for 1958 for the United States?
I went to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and under inflation & consumer spending, I clicked on Consumer Price Index. I clicked on table containing history of CPI-U-U.S. all items indexes and annual percent change from 1913 to present. The answer is 28.9.
4, What is the 2006 annual PPI for vitamins? For paper?
I went to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and under inflation & consumer spending, I clicked on producer price indexes. Under get detailed PPI statistics - most requested statistics, I clicked on commodity data. I checked vitamins and then retrieve data. Answer 103.3. I did the same thing for paper and the answer is 167.4.
7. Using the CDC's Fastfacts A to Z, pick a health topic and report its statistics. Provide the year of the data and the link to the page in your answer.
I went to the National Center for Health Statistics Fastfacts page, and clicked on cancer - hospice care. The number of current patients with cancer as a primary diagnosis is 55,000. The percentage of current patients with cancer as primary diagnosis is 52. The source is the 2000 National Home and Hospice Care Survey, table 12.
8. Can you find me a table showing the mean time spent with a physician? I am interested in the average time an ophthalmologist spends with a patient.
I went to the National Center for Health Statistics and searched ophthalmologist patient time. The average time in 1976 was 16 - 30 minutes. I found this from table 6, advance data from vital and health statistics no. 31, 7/14/78.
Part II
5. How many US Post Offices were there in 2005?
I typed post offices in the search the abstract box. The answer can be found using table 1094 - U.S. Postal Service Summary: 1980 to 2006.
8. What percentage of the American adult population is considered to be obese? What about Denmark?
I typed obese in the search the abstract box. The answers can be found using table 1308 - Percentage of the Adult Population Considered to be obese 2003 and 2004.
9. How many books were sold in 2005?
I typed books sold in the search the abstract box. The answer can be found using table 1106 - Quantity of Books Sold and Value of U.S. Domestic Consumber Expenditures: 2005 to 2010.
Part I
1. U.S. Deaprtment of Labor: CIP link- answer 28.9
3. U.S. Department of Labor: OES link- Lawyers 113,660, Librarians 50,860, Archivists 44,400
7. Asthma- deaths 3,816, noninstitutionalized adults 15.7 million, number of children with Asthma 6.8 million: found in CDC's Fast Facts
11. In 2005 there were 385,963 births in Texas.
Part II
1. Table 52: Languages Spoken at Home
5. Table 1094: Postal Service Summary
9. Table 1106; Quantity of books Sold an Value of U.S. Domestic
Consumer Expenditures
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