Big Data, Open Data and Official Statistics
There are (at least) two big challenges official statistics will be faced with in the next few years and which will possibly …
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WWW Foundation. What are they doing?
London based WWW Foundation has a mission: ‘We seek to establish the open Web as a global public good and …
Official Statistic’s SWOT
In the official statistics industry (an industry!) reflection and collaboration are highly prioritized. As an example: HLG-BAS. What’s this? ’The High-Level …
How to Write
Explaining statistical facts to a broad audience is a difficult task. There are lots of recommendations how to write well …
Reality?
There are not only interactive graphs, but also interactive ads using facebook. And you may start doubting. …. What is real? …
IMAODBC 2011: And the winner is …
The Bo Sundgren Award of the International Marketing and Output Database Conference IMAODBC 2011 in Obidos Portugal goes to Xavier …
Infovis vs. Statistical Graphs?
Two statements from a controversy on data visualisation: statisticians vs. visualisation specialists, statistical graphics vs. Information visualization (a.k.a infovis). A controversy? …
US Census Budget: House Bill Would Gut Economic Monitoring, Endanger GDP And Other Stats
From ‘WASHINGTON — If you think Congress doesn’t understand the economy now, wait till you see what a key House …
DataMarket
An interesting application with a lot of functions. Click on picture below or read more at Access to Statistics.
ecosystem challenges
We live in ecosystems The original highly biologically characterized definition is meanwhile modified. The term of ecosystem is used for a …
Official Google Blog: Visualize your own data in the Google Public Data Explorer
Official Google Blog: Visualize your own data in the Google Public Data Explorer via Official Google Blog: Visualize your own …
