Statistics for Business

Dates: 14 October 2008, 09.30-16.00

Programme Features:

• - Official statistics
  • recent developments in the UK
  • using published statistics
• - Non-official statistics
  • major publishers
  • advantages and disadvantages
• - Statistical sources
  • Key UK, European and international sources
  • online sources
• - Economic indicators and statistical terminology
  • introduction to the terms used in economic analysis
• - Practical use of statistics

Please see site for details -
http://www.aslib.com/training/1/11.html

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Effective Techniques in Desk Research

Dates: 31 October 2008, 09.45-17.00

Programme Features:

From retrieval to writing...make a leap!

• - Accepting a commission
  • taking a brief - the reference interview
  • preparing a proposal
  • managing client expectations
• - Collecting the data
  • common statistical sources
  • first pass data collection
  • second pass data collection
• - Adding value
  • interpretation
  • research
  • presentation
• - Closing a project
  • seeking and using constructive feedback

Please see site for details -
http://www.aslib.com/training/6/02.html

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