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10 Reasons to Study Statistics

By Brooke Stanley | Published: May 24, 2018

Professor of sociology and criminal justice, Ronet D. Bachman uses statistics and research methods to investigate topics in the fields of criminology and criminal justice. The knowledge gained can be applied to everyday life to help us become better students, citizens, critical thinkers, job applicants and decision makers.

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Pair to Receive Economic Statistics’ Shiskin Award

By Social Science Space | Published: May 22, 2018

Barry Bosworth, the Robert V. Roosa Chair in International Economics at the Brookings Institution, and Danny Pfeffermann, director of Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, will receive the 2018 Julius Shiskin Memorial Award for Economic Statistics.

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The Gentle Guide: Neil Salkind, 1947-2017

By Social Science Space | Published: November 20, 2017

Neil Salkind, a child development psychologist whose academic writing endeared him to generations of students struggling with statistics, has died at age 70. Salkind, a professor emeritus at the University of Kansas, died from melanoma at his home in Lawrence, Kansas on November 18.

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Honoring Two Unsung Heroes of the Federal Statistical System

By Howard J. Silver | Published: April 10, 2017

Howard Silver looks at two distinguished individuals who have toiled for long periods of time in an area that receives attention only from those who understand the importance of data and statistics to the well-being of a democratic state

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The ‘Edutainer’ of Data: Hans Rosling, 1948-2017

By Social Science Space | Published: February 8, 2017

Hans Rosling, a epidemiologist whose gained global attention with twin messages of the power of stats and of hope, has died.

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How Statistics Are Twisted to Obscure Public Understanding

By Jonathan R. Goodman | Published: September 23, 2016

We likely all remember the maxim about statistics and lies. Statistical data do not allow for lies so much as semantic manipulation, explains Jonathan Goodman. In short, numbers drive the misuse of words.

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Free Article Collection in Honor of World Statistics Day

By SAGE | Published: October 19, 2015

How do you make the world better place? There is no lack of prescriptions, but one of the surer bets, even if less likely to first spring to mind, is through good statistics widely analyzed. “Solid data,” says Ban Ki-moon, secretary-general of the United Nations, “are an indispensable basis for informed policy formulation and for […]

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Exploring the Nexus of Big Data and Official Statistics

By Rob Kitchin | Published: September 3, 2015

While it might seem natural for so-called Big Data to supplement, improve or replace existing datasets and statistics, or provide entirely new statistical outputs for government agencies, some careful footwork is needed before heading too far down that path, argues Rob Kitchin.

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Democracy’s Statistician: Janet L. Norwood, 1923-2015

By Social Science Space | Published: April 7, 2015

Unflappable and nonpartisan, the late economist Janet Norwood blazed a path as a pioneering female statistician and bureaucrat who served multiple presidents as the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Campaigning for Social Science: Public Sociology and ‘Public Sociologists’

By Robert Dingwall | Published: March 29, 2015

The arrival of a report calling for the British government to better support social science has raised questions about the role, responses and responsibilities of a 'public sociology.'

Former Deputy Takes Over Bureau of Economic Analysis

By Social Science Space | Published: September 26, 2014

The former deputy director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis has been named to head the federal organization that produces the benchmark GDP number for the U.S. Department of Commerce. Brian Moyer had been serving as acting director since May 2, when Steve Landefeld retired after 19 years leading the BEA. Moyer first joined the […]

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Tag: Statistics

10 Reasons to Study Statistics

Pair to Receive Economic Statistics’ Shiskin Award

The Gentle Guide: Neil Salkind, 1947-2017

Honoring Two Unsung Heroes of the Federal Statistical System

The ‘Edutainer’ of Data: Hans Rosling, 1948-2017

How Statistics Are Twisted to Obscure Public Understanding

Free Article Collection in Honor of World Statistics Day

Exploring the Nexus of Big Data and Official Statistics

Democracy’s Statistician: Janet L. Norwood, 1923-2015

Former Deputy Takes Over Bureau of Economic Analysis

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