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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about statistics.
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- Internet and Information Technology Statistics - Archive
- Resources about Internet and Information Technology Statistics predominantly from Australia but also including selected statistics and survey results from the United States and elsewhere.
Added: 1 December 2005
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- Statistics - Australia
- Articles and resources about trends and issues in statistics in Austalia.
Added: 7 December 2005
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- Statistics - Canada
- Articles and resources about trends and issues relating to statistics in Canada.
Added: 12 December 2005
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- Statistics - United Kingdom - Archive
- Articles and resources about trends and issues in statistics in the United Kingdom.
Added: 21 December 2005
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- Statistics and surveys - Canada
- Articles and resources about Canadian government initiatives relating to statistics and surveys.
Added: 13 December 2005
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- Census hailed a big success
- Census hailed as big success but some people neglected to hit the submit button after completing the online form, by AAP. CIO, 10 August, 2011. "Around the nation on Tuesday night, Australians sat down to fill out their census forms but among those who opted for the internet option there's been a problem. Paul Lowe, head of the Population Census Program, said many people completed all the questions on the online census forms but neglected to hit the all important send button..."
Added: 10 August 2011;
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- comScore Releases June 2011 Ranking of Top Online Properties and Ad Networks in Australia
- Microsoft, Google and Facebook Claim Top Spots among Internet Properties. Google Ad Network Ranks as Top Internet Ad Network, Followed by Adconion and ValueClick. Sydney, Australia, August 5, 2011 - "comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a report on the top Internet properties and ad networks in Australia from its comScore Media Metrix service. The study found that Microsoft Sites and Google Sites both reached more than 92 percent of Internet users in June, while Facebook.com ranked as the third largest web property in the market reaching three of four online users. Among ad networks, Google Ad Network ranked as the largest entity reaching 12.3 million visitors (90 percent of the entire online population in Australia), followed by Adconion Media Group (66.7 percent reach) and ValueClick Networks (54.2 percent reach)..."
Added: 8 August 2011;
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- How Governments Are Developing Better Performance Metrics
- By Cindy Waxer. Government Technology, July 27, 2011. "Stock value and quarterly revenue may help shareholders gauge a private corporation's track record, but such standards simply don’t apply to government agencies. Rather, most public offices rely on performance metrics to determine how successfully they're delivering services to citizens and adhering to legislative regulations. By tracking everything from project deadlines to productivity levels, the public sector can better justify its IT investments, communicate its overall value and garner support from citizens and state assemblies alike..."
Added: 28 July 2011;
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- American Community Survey
- US Census Bureau. "The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey that provides data every year - giving communities the current information they need to plan investments and services. Information from the survey generates data that help determine how more than $400 billion in federal and state funds are distributed each year..."
Added: 7 April 2011;
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- ABS shifts to telling statistical stories
- Visual representation 'makes sense of data': statistician, by Lisa Banks (CIO). Computerworld, 12 August, 2010. "The Australian Bureue of Statistics (ABS) has outlined a move to visual statistics in the hope of communicating with the Australian public on more effectively..."
Added: 12 August 2010;
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- School Data Direct
- Provided by the State Education Data Center in the United States. The Coordinated Data Ask (CDA) provides states and data collectors with standardized data on school students performance rates in the United States. The CDA is a collaborative effort with the Data Quality Campaign and the U.S. Department of Education. You can view education performance, spending and demographic information for any state.
Added: 18 March 2009;
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- 2008 Country Matters - Social Atlas of Rural & Regional Australia
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Bureau of Rural Sciences, April 2008. "The 2008 Atlas is the third in a series, published every five years, and is based on recently released Australian Bureau of Statistics 2006 Population Census data. The Atlas provides an understanding of the pattern of social and economic change that is occurring throughout rural and regional Australia, particularly associated with the prolonged drought that has occurred in Australia over much of the past decade..."
Added: 17 April 2008;
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- Internet-savvy families desert cities for coast
- by Patricia Karvelas, Political correspondent. AustralianIT, April 17, 2008. "More families are moving away from cities and into regional and coastal centres, according to a comprehensive study of rural Australia. The Government study also found rural Australians are just as likely as city dwellers to have the internet at home, more likely to be working and are older than people in the city..."
Added: 17 April 2008;
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- Budget hurdles threaten 2010 census
- By Jason Miller. Federal Computer Week, October 16, 2007. "The Census Bureau's funding shortfall forced it to cancel 11 dress rehearsal programs and likely will delay the testing of its handheld devices and data transmission system..."
Added: 18 October 2007;
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- Information Technology: Census Bureau Needs to Improve Its Risk Management of Decennial Systems, GAO-08-79
- Government Accountability Office,October 5, 2007. "Automation and information technology (IT) are expected to play a critical role in the 2010 decennial census. The Census Bureau plans to spend about $3 billion on automation and technology that are to improve the accuracy and efficiency of census collection, processing, and dissemination. The Bureau is holding what it refers to as a Dress Rehearsal, during which it plans to conduct operational testing that includes the decennial systems. In view of the importance of IT acquisitions to the upcoming census, GAO was asked to (1) determine the status and plans for four key IT acquisitions, including schedule and cost, and (2) assess whether the Bureau is adequately managing associated risks. To achieve its objectives, GAO analyzed acquisition documents and the projects' risk management activities and compared these activities to industry standards..."
Added: 9 October 2007;
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- GAO: Census needs more risk management
- By Wade-Hahn Chan. Federal Computer Week, October 8, 2007. "A lack of risk management is hobbling the Census Bureau's efforts to test information technology programs for the upcoming decennial count, the Government Accountability Office said..."
Added: 9 October 2007;
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- Excellent Analytics Tip #9: Leverage Statistical Control Limits
- Occam's Razor by Avinash Kaushik, 17 January 2007. "Absolute numbers are no very helpful (we had 459,245 unique visitors last month). Trends we have come to realize are better (Dec: 459,249 Nov: 591,067 Oct: 489,419). But there are customer interactions on the websites that results in outcomes for your company that yield trends that are rather difficult to decipher and translate into action. One factor that is not appreciated enough is that every metric / KPI (Key Performance Indicator) that you report out of your web analytics tool (or indeed from your ERP or CRM or Data Warehouse) tends to have a natural "biorhythm"..."
Added: 17 January 2007;
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- Geeking Out on Statistics
- By Mary Ellen Bates. Search Day, December 12, 2006. "Finding reliable statistics on the web isn't always easy, but a massive central data source called Nationmaster.com offers a handy way to search multiple stats repositories..."
Added: 14 December 2006;
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- NationMaster
- "Welcome to NationMaster, a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD... you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease..."
Added: 14 December 2006;
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- Census Update 40 - Oct 2006 - eCensus - a net gain in form processing efficiency
- Australian Bureau of Statistics, 18 October 2006. "eCensus. IBM application and hosting expertise helps ABS build the big picture faster with eCensus program. The Australian Bureau of Statistics has worked with IBM Australia to deliver the eCensus option, which was used by 9% of those filling out Census forms..."
Added: 5 December 2006;
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