Doing Economics is a unique, freely obtainable useful resource for studying a valuable array of knowledge handling, software, and statistical expertise that will be transferable to a range of courses and to the workplace.

Its 12 initiatives relate to key chapters in both Economy, Society, and Public Policy and The Economy however they can be utilized alongside other courses or for self-study.

Each project provides students the chance to gain hands-on experience with real-world knowledge, and produce their very own stories. They use step-by-step instructions, plus a mixture of curated knowledge sets and publicly obtainable data to investigate a subject, whether or not it’s the effect of a sugar tax, measuring wellbeing or inequality, or analysing local weather change data.

Readers can select whether or not they wish to sort out the duties by using both a spreadsheet software program (Excel or Google Sheets) or the statistical programming language R. We do not count on readers to have deep prior working information of both but they should have a willingness to be taught these sensible expertise. Readers shall be guided via the information handling and statistical duties with step-by-step directions, gaining priceless workplace expertise.