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Tag Archives: statistics
Growing Wisconsin – Digital Magazine
Did you know? Wisconsin leads the nation in dairy goats, it’s home to 52,000 bee colonies, and cows outnumber people in some counties. We probably all know that Wisconsin is number one in the U.S. for cranberry and cheese production. … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, articles, books, business, economy, federal government, festivals, fun stuff, government info, statistics, web sites, wisconsin
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Featured Resource: Statista
Often at the Andersen Library Reference Desk, people stop by and ask where they can find statistics on a specific topic. “I’m looking for the number of World of Warcraft subscribers.” “I want to know the amount of funding the … Continue reading
Little Green Data Book
The World Bank‘s annual Little Green Data Book is an interesting source of data related to the world environment. The 2014 edition will appear in June, but of course the 2013 edition is available now to learn, for example, what … Continue reading
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Tagged countries, data, ebooks, environment, statistics, web sites, World Bank
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Digital Age Data
Interested in data about how many people in the U.S. are online and what they are doing there? Are they using broadband? Are they using mobile technology? Wondering about how smartphone users are using their phones? Who is using social … Continue reading
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Tagged broadband, data, device ownership, digital ecosystem, Internet, Internet adoption, mobile devices, Pew Research Center, research, smartphones, social media, statistics, surveys, technology, technology adoption, technology diffusion
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Pew Global Attitudes Project
Are you interested in public opinion data? “The Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project conducts public opinion surveys around the world on a broad array of subjects ranging from people’s assessments of their own lives to their views about the … Continue reading
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Tagged countries, data, databases, opinions, polls, public opinion, research, statistics, surveys, web sites
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New Stuff Tuesday – December 13
Proofiness How You’re Being Fooled by the Numbers by Charles Seife QA99 .S45 2011 New Arrivals, 2nd floor When it comes to math and statistics, I don’t remember much from those courses in high school and college. I may have … Continue reading
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Tagged books, government, mathematics, media, new stuff, public opinion, statistics
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WI in numbers
There are lots of statistics available about Wisconsin, and here are a few examples: Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics Wisconsin District and School Performance Reports Wisconsin Energy Statistics Public Health Profiles (for each county, region, or for the State as a whole) … Continue reading
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Tagged data, government info, statistics, wisconsin, wisconsin government
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Info on Women: U.S. & the World
You’ve been seeing blog posts about films shown this month in honor of March being National Women’s History Month. Well, here’s a publication to look at in honor of the world’s women: The World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics – … Continue reading
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Tagged federal government, government info, statistics, united nations, women
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World Development Report
As a follow-up to a post back in April about the World Bank releasing its data, they just announced that they have also opened up the World Development Report to the world for the same cost: free. That includes access … Continue reading
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Tagged countries, data, economics, electronic resources, international business, statistics, world
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World Statistics Day!
October 20, 2010, is the first World Statistics Day, designated by the United Nations to celebrate official national and international statistics. Just think a moment about all the uses to which we put the data gathered by the U.S. Census … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, data, federal government, government info, NEA, Statistical Abstract, statistics, surveys, united nations, web sites
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