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Select-A-City for Demographic and Economic Opportunities, Using an Online Database
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This activity asks students to review the demographic and lifestyle statistics available at ERsys.com, and determine which city or location would provide the best consumer market opportunity for the given problem.

Subject:
Business and Communication
Economics
Social Science
Sociology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Starting Point (SERC)
Author:
Michelle Kunz
Date Added:
08/28/2012
Teaching Principles Students How to Assess the State of the Economy
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Principles of economics students are asked to collect and analyze data on a few macro economic aggregates to give them a first taste of empirical work.

Subject:
Business and Communication
Economics
Mathematics
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Quantitative Writing (SERC)
Author:
Steven Greenlaw
Date Added:
08/28/2012
Using Census Data to Identify a Town's Housing Needs:  A Student/Faculty Collaborative Research and Service Learning Experience
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In this classroom project, students and faculty help a local housing non-profit identify area U.S. Census tracts most in need of its assistance in promoting decent and affordable homeownership to low- to moderate- income individuals. While this example describes an experience in a small, upper-level elective economics course, it includes suggestions for modifications of design and learning goals for other learning levels and environments.

Subject:
Economics
Social Science
Sociology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teaching and Learning Economics (SERC)
Author:
Elizabeth Perry-Sizemore
Date Added:
08/28/2012
Using Student Data from Your Own College or University to Identify the Best Predictors of Student Success in College
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In this individual research project, a senior thesis student conducts a regression analysis that explores whether high school GPA or standardized test scores are better predictors of the cumulative GPAs of college graduates at her own university. The data are easily obtainable from the Office of Institutional Research. The project can be modified to be a group research project in a Research Methods Class or a Special Topics Upper Level Economics class.

Subject:
Economics
Social Science
Sociology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teaching and Learning Economics (SERC)
Author:
Mary Borg
Date Added:
08/28/2012
Writing Precise Explanations of Graphic/Tabular Display of Economic Data
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This assignment asks for short, precise explanations of economic data displayed in graphs and tables.

Subject:
Business and Communication
Economics
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Quantitative Writing (SERC)
Author:
Dean Peterson
Date Added:
08/28/2012