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Open Data Census

June 15, 2013
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Open Data Census

Open Data Census The Open Knowledge Foundation OKFN publishes first results of its Open Data Census, just before the G8 …Continue reading »

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Managing Government Information as an Asset

May 10, 2013
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Managing Government Information as an Asset

A new Open Data Policy of the US Government says that ‘starting this week (9th May 2013) new and modernized …Continue reading »

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Hedonometer

May 9, 2013
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Hedonometer

I am happy (8.3? from 9) to present you this –> link! Daily Happiness Averages for Twitter, September 2008 to present …Continue reading »

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Living Earth Platform

May 6, 2013
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Living Earth Platform

Statistics are an important source of information. But in a highly connected world it’s just one source among others. The ambitious international scientific …Continue reading »

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And now: Semantic Statistics (SemStats)

April 29, 2013
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And now: Semantic Statistics (SemStats)

Official Statistics has a long tradition in creating and providing high-quality metadata. And the Semantic Web needs just this: metadata! …Continue reading »

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Books from the Washing Machine

April 28, 2013
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Books from the Washing Machine

Where statistics and the passion for human development meet: In a classic presentation from Hans Rosling. Who else could do this …Continue reading »

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Big Data, Open Data and Official Statistics

April 21, 2013
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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 …Continue reading »

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Talking Pictures

March 18, 2013
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Talking Pictures

A picture talks. ‘If a picture can say a thousand words, the combination of information and imagery could be wort …Continue reading »

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An Invisible Science with Enormous Impact

March 16, 2013
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An Invisible Science with Enormous Impact

Professor Ron Wasserstein, Executive Director of the American Statistical Association and member of the Statistics2013 Steering Committee, describes some of …Continue reading »

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Country Portraits – Open and Embedabble

March 10, 2013
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Country Portraits – Open and Embedabble

Looking for important statistical indicators of European countries? Comparing these countries? Taking the application to your own website? Making a …Continue reading »

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