1997 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Development of Instruction Manual for Analyzes in Economics and Business Administration Using a Database

Research Project

Project/Area Number	08458037
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Educational technology
Research Institution	RIKKYO UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator	HIKITA Yasuyuki RIKKYO UNIV..DEPT.of Economics ・PROF., 経済学部, 教授 (70147924)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	NAGASHIMA Shinobu RIKKYO UNIV..DEPT.of Economics ・ASSIST・PROF., 経済学部, 助教授 (90126136) ARIMA Kenji RIKKYO UNIV..DEPT.of Economics ・ASSIST・PROF., 経済学部, 助教授 (90257163) SUZUKI Shuuichi RIKKYO UNIV..DEPT.of Economics ・PROF., 経済学部, 教授 (70179216) IWASAKI Toshio RIKKYO UNIV..DEPT.of Economics ・PROF., 経済学部, 教授 (50125283)
Project Period (FY)	1996 – 1997
Keywords	computer literacy / data processing / statistical analyzes / economic analyzes / mangement analyzes / internet / database / instruction manual
Research Abstract	This research aims at developing a training manual for data process training. During the first year, We provided a syllabus to the students at every class, kept a instruction diary and prepared materials used for writing the manual, which contained word processing skills, how to make a spread sheet and a graph and economic and management analyzes using a database. The main goal of the second year was to complete the Instruction Manual. Practical economic and management analyzes for which database software was used were placed at the center of the implementation of specific training. In addition, various exercises were carried out by making use of statistical analyzes, e-mail and Internet. Following are several examples of the subjects that are contained in the manual : 1) Preparation works (ie., starting up and closing a machine, formatting a new disk and downloading data), 2) E-mail (sending and receiving), 3) Homepage (how to make a homepage), 4) Retrieval of economic and management data and how to download them (collection of quantitative data from a web site), 5) Regression analysis, 6) Interindustry analysis, 7) Principal component analysis, 8) Operation of Access, 9) Query, 10) Access VBA Guide and 11) How to make Global Economy and Trade database.