Statistics Institute announces opening of registration period for on-line workshops and Webinars

Free of charge starting September 6, 2022 and includes five different workshops and two Webinars for the development of skills

August 23, 2022 - The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute (Institute) began the enrollment period, for the first semester, of the workshops on-line and Webinars for the new fiscal year 2023, whose purpose is to promote and provide theoretical and practical bases on issues related to statistics.

The offer, which starts on September 6, 2022, is free of cost and consists of five different workshops and two Webinars for the development of skills in managing different interfaces and programs for understanding, extracting, organizing, analyzing and presenting data. Some of these workshops are related to the management of the Census interface for accessing data and microdata (PUMS) of the Community Survey, the use of the QGIS program for spatial analysis and presentation of census data, the use of the RStudio tool for statistical analysis and Tableau Public as a tool for presenting data. The offer of workshops is mainly aimed at the development of government officials.

As for the offer of Webinars, these are open to the general public and are aimed at publicizing some of the Institute's programs and projects, such as the Cost of Living Index and the Puerto Rico Violent Death Surveillance System.

Dr. Francisco Pesante, coordinator of the Institute's academies and workshops program, said that “the Institute of Statistics has integrated the use of educational technologies on-line since 2015. In view of all the challenges presented to us by the coronavirus health emergency, we must recognize the advances in the adoption by the general population and public servants of electronic communication, meeting and education platforms on-line as part of the new normal. This allows us to overcome the barrier of time and geographical distance to offer a series of workshops and Webinars of benefit to promote the development of skills in the management of statistical resources”.

Those interested in the workshops and Webinars available can access the Academies and Sizes Program through https://bit.ly/iepr-talleres-webinar-2022-2 or write to the coordinator of the academies and workshops, Dr. Francisco Pesante, at francisco.pesante@estadisticas.pr.

Pre-enrollment must be carried out using the online enrollment system available at Academy. After the applicant completes the pre-enrollment form, the Institute will notify them by email if they were officially accepted and enrolled.

About the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics

To learn more about the Institute of Statistics, you can access the website: https://estadisticas.pr.gov/. On social media through Facebook accounts (@statistics.pr), Twitter (@EstadisticasPR), Instagram (@institutodeestadisticas) and LinkedIn (Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics).

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Contacts:

Idia M. Martinez, R-28, 787-603-3200

Lourdes Burgos, R-27, 787-562-2932

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Puerto Rico ranks 38th in the Global Open Data Index

Institute of Statistics creates interactive map on

school and community profiles

Based on data from the Department of Education and the Puerto Rico Community Survey

From the Census Bureau

April 21, 2022: The executive director of the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, Dr. Orville M. Disdier, presented a new tool for geographical information and statistical content called “School Community Profile: The Interactive Map”. This new tool consists mainly of an interactive map that allows us to locate schools in the public system of Puerto Rico, to know the characteristics of these schools and their school population, while at the same time allowing us to know the sociodemographic characteristics of the communities close to the classroom. Among the characteristics of schools and their populations that can be found with this map are the school code, school enrollment, dropout rate, academic progress and performance (ESSA classification and STAR Framework classification), and contact information, among others. Regarding the sociodemographic characteristics of the communities, there are the percentage of children under 18 who live with their mother, the percentage of households without a computer, and the median household income, among many others. The tool also allows you to download raw data for more advanced analysis.

“Through this modern and innovative tool, it is possible to begin to explore and study possible social, ecological and economic relationships between schools, their students, and the communities in which these school populations are inserted. This will make it possible to promote true symbiotic relationships between schools and their surrounding communities, thus encouraging true open and community schools,” explained Dr. Disdier.

Disdier explained that the development of this tool was possible in part, thanks to the collaboration and contribution of the Puerto Rico Department of Education, who provided and continue to provide essential data and statistics about schools and their students. He also mentioned that this initiative is aligned with the vision of the Secretary of Education of Puerto Rico, Eliezer Ramos Parés, to bring parents and communities closer to schools. “In fact, the conceptualization and development of the tool benefited from ideas, recommendations and inputs from experts in the Department of Education,” said Disdier, who took the opportunity to thank Ramos Parés and his team of experts for their support.

For his part, the Secretary of the Department of Education said that “this tool is in addition to other efforts that personnel from the Planning Office of the Department of Education have developed for the implementation of educational strategies and infrastructure based on sustainable data. This project complements these initiatives, since it has valuable information, under the same platform, that will allow us to have a clearer picture of the school communities and the neighborhood in which they are located.”

The School Community Profile: The interactive map resides on the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics website and interested parties can access it at any time through the following e-mail address: School community profile.

“This is just the beginning of a series of improvements that this new tool will continue to receive. Eventually we hope to continue adding more geographical layers on variables related to health, environment, and economic, among others,” said Disdier.

For technical questions about this tool, you can send an email to: preguntas@estadisticas.pr.

About the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics

To learn more about the Institute of Statistics, you can access the website: www.estadisticas.pr.gov. On social media through Facebook accounts (@statistics.pr), Twitter (@EstadisticasPR), Instagram (@institutodeestadisticas) and LinkedIn (Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics).

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Contacts:

Idia M. Martinez, R-28, 787-603-3200

Lourdes Burgos, R-27, 787-562-2932

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