Homework #3

Bruce Bayley

Site: Fedstats http://www.fedstats.gov

Assignment: Locate a Web site that provides us with information on unemployment rates in Utah.

Steps:

1. Access Fedstats home page at http://www.fedstats.gov
2. Select "Regional Statistics"
3. Select "Regional Information" under the "Labor" topic heading
4. Click on the Utah section of the map of the United States
5. Select "Most Requested Series"
6. Check the box entitled "Unemployment Rate Utah, seasonally adjusted - LASST49000003"
7. Select "All Years" for the "Years to report for"
8. Under "Format," select "2. Table (Rows: Year, Columns: Period )"
9. Click on the "Retrieve Data" button
10. The final site address is: http://146.142.4.24/cgi-bin/surveymost

This site gives the reader all of the unemployment rates for the state of Utah in a month-by-month format from January, 1978 to March of the year 2000.