Statistics - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about statistics.
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Internet and Information Technology Statistics - Archive
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Resources about Internet and Information Technology Statistics predominantly from Australia but also including selected statistics and survey results from the United States and elsewhere.
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Statistics - Australia
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Articles and resources about trends and issues in statistics in Austalia.
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Statistics - Canada
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Articles and resources about trends and issues relating to statistics in Canada.
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Statistics - United Kingdom - Archive
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Articles and resources about trends and issues in statistics in the United Kingdom.
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Statistics and surveys - Canada
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Articles and resources about Canadian government initiatives relating to statistics and surveys.
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The forgotten Australian market? Baby Boomers
- by Claire Brinkley. Econsultancy, Posted 3 March 2013. "It seems Australia's Baby Boomers are being shunned by brands and marketers who are instead focusing on younger, more tech savvy consumers - something that's already been identified as an opportunity in other countries.
According to a new Mi9 report, only 10% of Australian advertising spend is directed towards Baby Boomers, despite the fact that this age group is currently entering into a 'Lifestyle' stage where they have more disposable income than any other group.
And of the small number of brands who do target the over-55s, it looks like they may be entirely missing the mark, as overwhelmingly, 94% of Baby Boomers say they dislike the way advertisers currently communicate with them..."
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2013 Edelman Trust Barometer Finds a Crisis in Leadership
- Less Than One in Five Trust Leaders to Tell the Truth. Edelman, Press Release, Published January 9, 2013. "Less than one in five respondents in the 2013 Edelman Trust Barometer believes a business or governmental leader will actually tell the truth when confronted with a difficult issue. This lack of confidence in traditional authority figures was continually reinforced in 2012 against the backdrop of high-profile scandals involving CEO and government officials, including former McKinsey managing partner Rajat Gupta, former Chinese government official Bo Xilai and Lance Armstrong, former chairman of the Livestrong Foundation.
"We're clearly experiencing a crisis in leadership," said Richard Edelman, president and CEO, Edelman. "Business and governmental leaders must change their management approach and become more inclusive by seeking the input of employees, consumers, activists and experts such as academics, and adapting to their feedback. They must also pass the test of radical transparency."..."
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ABS Stats Mobile App
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Excel Statistics for SEO and Data Analysis
- by Virgil Ghic. SEOmoz - The Daily SEO Blog, January 4th, 2013. "Everybody has probably already realized that there is almost no data that we cannot get. We can get data about our website by using free tools, but we also spend tons of money on paid tools to get even more. Analyzing the competition is just as easy, competitive intelligence tools are everywhere, we often use Compete or Hitwise. Opens Site Explorer is great for getting more data about our and competitors backlink profile. No matter what information we are trying to get, we can, by spending fortunes or no money. My favorite part is that almost every tool has one common feature and that is the "Export" button. This is the most powerful feature of all these tools because by exporting the data into Excel and we can sort it, filter it and model it in any way we want. Most of us use Excel on the regular basis, we are familiar with the basic functions but Excel can do way more than that. In the following article I will try to present the most common statistical techniques and the best part it is that we don't have to memorize complicated statistical equations, it's everything built into Excel!
Statistics is all about collecting, analyzing and interpreting data. It comes very handy when decision making faces uncertainty. By using statistics, we can overcome these situations and generate actionable analysis..."
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Do agencies unfairly assume that households have working printers?
- eGov AU - Craig Thomler's professional blog - eGovernment and Gov 2.0 thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Friday, July 27, 2012. "While chatting with government folk in Victoria yesterday, the topic of printable PDFs in websites came up. Many agencies have them - large documents designed to be read on paper, rather than screen, and designed accordingly.
It made me ask the question: How many households actually have working printers and are able (and willing) to print large documents or forms?..."
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Census Bureau APIs
- United States Census Bureau. "To improve access to data and encourage innovation, the Census Bureau has begun to provide API access to some data sets, beginning with the 2010 Census Summary File 1 and the 2010 American Community Survey (five year data). We invite developers to use these APIs, join our Developer Forum, and provide feedback to help us move forward with continued API development..."
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US government releases API for census data
- The H Open, 30 July 2012. "The US Census Bureau has made an HTTP-based API available which gives developers access to the data collected in the 2010 Census and in the American Community Survey from the same year..."
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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..."
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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)..."
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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..."
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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..."
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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..."
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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.
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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..."
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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..."
This category last updated: 4 March 2013