Simon Halliday
Data literacy in economic development
Smith College
economic development economics electives students regularly encounter economic measures absolute relative deprivation poverty measures like fostergreerthorbecke index measures distribution like gini index economics students practice applying economic measurement realworld data develop general data literacy author proposes series exercises starting stylized 10household economies proceeding nationally representative crosssectional surveys using ms excel google spreadsheets culminating students applying acquired data literacy team project data sources easily tailored alternative household surveys low middleincome countries include required variables students learn data literacy recognizing properties rectangular data visualizing data appropriately creating aggregate economic measures