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Author(s) -
Pullinger John,
Melamed Claire,
Bentley George,
Shortridge Julie,
Falconi Stefanie,
Zaitchik Ben,
Guikema Seth,
Larsen Jacqueline Joudo,
Datta Monti Narayan,
Bales Kevin,
Robineau Delphine,
Tranter Matthew,
Karsai Nili,
Brusilovsky Helen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2015.00854.x
Subject(s) - statistician , commission , data sharing , ideal (ethics) , operations research , range (aeronautics) , computer science , work (physics) , data science , political science , statistics , law , engineering , mathematics , medicine , mechanical engineering , alternative medicine , pathology , aerospace engineering
World Statistics Day is the ideal time to showcase diverse applications of data, and how the work of statisticians is helping improve the lives of people around the world. The next 20 pages offer merely a glimpse of the full range of problems to which statistical analysis is applied, despite touching on a wide range of issues: from economic development to trade and transport, data sharing, human rights and hunger. We begin, though, with a special introduction from John Pullinger , the UK National Statistician and current chair of the UN Statistical Commission, on the importance of World Statistics Day