wk6 Case study

Guide to using the BLS website Data for Week 6 Case Study for Unemployment Variables:

1. Go to this link: https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln

2. Pick the variables you want. You can select more than one variable. For example, see screen shot below:

3. Click on “Retrieve Data” on the bottom left hand side as shown below:

4. You can then manipulate the data by changing output options, enter your ten-year period, such as “2006 to 2015” and then check the boxes “include graphs” and “include annual average”. Then, click on “GO”

Your data will default to show the annual change based on a month, for example, series Id shown here is Unemployment Rate 16 years and over. The data is yearly from January 2006 up to January 2015, which will suffice for the case study.

Lastly, you may see that an accompanying table is provided for each graph of each variable, i.e., the table of the above graph is shown below the graph.

5. To copy and paste the graph in your paper, right click on the graph, then select “copy”, then past it in your paper. IMPORTANT: make sure you cite the source of the graph (and any other graph and/or table you use) below the graph/table using APA citation style.

6. Now, you can use the data for the variables. Happy Hunting!