United Statisticians of Europe
Head of Elstat (Statistics Greece) faces an official criminal investigation Kerin Hope (Athens) from Financial Times reports (27.11.2011): ‘The head of …
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Methods changed – Information changed
The joint OECD – WTO Trade in Value-Added Initiative breaks with conventional measurements of trade, which record gross flows of goods and …
Anthropocene Statistics
Long statistical time series get a new name: Anthropocene Statistics. ‘The Anthropocene defines Earth’s most recent geological time period as …
OGD – the statistical point of view
The World Wide Web has set the standard: vast amounts of information are freely available and ready for use. And the …
Social Media – Infographical Information
Social Media are state of the art. But which one to use, which one to follow? Mobile, desktop? See the …
2013
Happy New Year!Cartoon by nzz.ch, campus, 24.12.2012
Europe has an Open Data Portal, too
The European Commission opened its Open Data Portal some days ago. Powered by CKAN. . Most of the 5811 datasets (97%) are statistical ones …
Big Open Public Official Data – What’s next?
Big Data joined Open Data in last year’s discussions.What’s behind this new buzz word? What’s the impact on traditional official …
SASTISTICS
Statistics 2013 Launch Video Released ‘The International Year of Statistics launch video is now available for you to view, use, …
Working in the open
Open Data flourishes and more and more open-data sites are launched with sophisticated functionalities. So now http://open.undp.org. ‘Open.undp.org presents UNDP’s 6,000+ …
How’s Austria?
Statistics Austria published an interesting dashboard. An interactive choice of indicators and visual presentations help in understanding and evaluating developments. …
