TY - JOUR
T1 - An exploratory study of how undergraduate students use official statistics as a source of information for their academic assignments
AU - Silva, Jose Luis Angel Rodriguez
AU - Aguilar, Mario Sanchez
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 - IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The official statistics generated by government offices and ministries are fundamental to guide actions in the decisionmaking process within a country. For example, official statistics could be used to promote and allocate public goods like local, regional and national budgets. Moreover, due to the high quality standard required to generate official data, such information is ideal to promote a better understanding about the important facts in economic, sociodemographic, geographic, environmental and governmental management issues. However, it has been observed that many undergraduate students do not use such data in an extensive manner, and they reveal limitations in accessing, analyzing and extrapolating such information to their benefit, both in academic and personal settings. The aim of this work is to describe to what extent Mexican undergraduate students use official statistics as part of their academic assignments, and to identify the main obstacles they encounter when trying to access and use official statistics.
AB - The official statistics generated by government offices and ministries are fundamental to guide actions in the decisionmaking process within a country. For example, official statistics could be used to promote and allocate public goods like local, regional and national budgets. Moreover, due to the high quality standard required to generate official data, such information is ideal to promote a better understanding about the important facts in economic, sociodemographic, geographic, environmental and governmental management issues. However, it has been observed that many undergraduate students do not use such data in an extensive manner, and they reveal limitations in accessing, analyzing and extrapolating such information to their benefit, both in academic and personal settings. The aim of this work is to describe to what extent Mexican undergraduate students use official statistics as part of their academic assignments, and to identify the main obstacles they encounter when trying to access and use official statistics.
KW - Official statistics
KW - exploratory study
KW - information usage
KW - undergraduate students
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047547300&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/SJI-160319
DO - 10.3233/SJI-160319
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85047547300
SN - 1874-7655
VL - 34
SP - 255
EP - 262
JO - Statistical Journal of the IAOS
JF - Statistical Journal of the IAOS
IS - 2
ER -