Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn: Understanding statistics through work-placed learning
Seminar
Teaching statistics to the reluctant is hard work. We report here on an innovative approach to learning statistics in applied social research settings, by placing social science undergraduates into the workplace. We have collected data since 2014 based on our students' experiences of undertaking 8-…
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn: Understanding statistics through work-placed learning
Seminar
Teaching statistics to the reluctant is hard work. We report here on an innovative approach to learning statistics in applied social research settings, by placing social science undergraduates into the workplace. We have collected data since 2014 based on our students' experiences of undertaking 8-…
ANU-ABS 2016 Census Data Symposium – Canberra
Conference
Find out what the 2016 Census of Population and Housing tells us about ourselves, our communities and Australia. Every five years the Census provides a snapshot of Australia. Census data are used by individuals, organisations and governments to make informed decisions on policy and planning issues…
The Seeding Success Study: use of a cross-sectoral data resource for early child health, development and wellbeing research focused on disadvantaged populations
Lecture
The Seeding Success data resource was established to conduct child health and health equity research in New South Wales (NSW), with a focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and scope to investigate multiple dimensions of disadvantage. Data are available for all children who were…
Climbing the career ladder: The links between personality and promotion
Lecture
This talk explores the ways in which personality traits – especially an individual’s sense of confidence – can determine job promotion outcomes. The model posits that confidence influences the likelihood that an individual will put themselves forward for promotion by shaping the individual's own…
Measuring social attitudes with Voter Advice Application data
Lecture
This study directly compares survey data on social attitudes collected from an opt-in sample of Voter Advice Application (VAA) users and a randomly recruited, probability-based online panel of respondents. While much research to date has focused on the demographic representativeness of VAA data,…
CREATE-ing Pathways to Child Wellbeing in Disadvantaged Communities: Building Capacity for Type 2 Translation
Lecture
In order to address complex adaptive problems such as child maltreatment, school dropout, and youth crime, systemic approaches like collective impact initiatives are required. Within these methodologies multiple sectors work collaboratively to address agreed goals that are measurable, and are…