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In this series the listener follows two high school students in their search for data from the Statistics Canada website.

This is not a traditional "how to" lecture. It is a conversation between two students as they browse the website. A fictitious character Dr. Data, guides them through the maze of information.

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Segment 1. Students meet Dr. Data - Listening time 2:52 minutes
(This segment is an introduction of characters only. It may be omitted.)

Audio versions: MP3 (2.7 Mb), WAV (29.0 Mb) Text versions: Summary, Transcript

Segment 2. Students choose a topic and search The Daily - Listening time 3:48 minutes

Audio versions: MP3 (3.6 Mb), WAV (38.3 Mb) Text versions: Summary, Transcript

Segment 3. Students get data from E-STAT - Listening time 7:36 minutes

Access to CANSIM data is now free for all users and it is no longer necessary to accept a user license agreement in E-STAT. Please ignore those instructions in the following audio files and continue with the remaining instructions.

Audio versions: MP3 (7.1 Mb), WAV (76.8 Mb) Text versions: Summary, Transcript

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