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MAKING DATA MEANINGFUL: A guide to writing stories about numbers

 

Introduction

 

Making Data Meaningful: A guide to writing stories about numbers was prepared within the framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Work Session on Statistical Dissemination and Communication, under the programme of work of the Conference of European Statisticians.

 

This guide was prepared by an expert group in cooperation with the UNECE secretariat. The following people were responsible for its preparation (in alphabetical order):

  • Colleen Blessing, United States Department of Energy;
  • Vicki Crompton, Statistics Canada;
  • Dag Ellingsen, Statistics Norway;
  • Patricia Fearnley, Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom;
  • John Flanders, Statistics Canada;
  • John Kavaliunas, United States Census Bureau;
  • David Marder, Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom;
  • Steve Matheson, Australian Bureau of Statistics;
  • Kenneth Meyer, United States Census Bureau;
  • Hege Pedersen, Statistics Norway;
  • Sebastian van den Elshout, Statistics Netherlands;
  • Don Weijers, Statistics Netherlands;
  • Marianne Zawitz, United States Bureau of Justice Statistics.

The Work Session on Statistical Dissemination and Communication was held in February 2005. Copies of all papers and a full report of the meeting are available from the UNECE website at http://www.unece.org/stats/documents/2005.02.dissemination.htm.

 

Information about the Conference of European Statisticians is available from the UNECE website at
http://www.unece.org/stats/introces.e.htm.

 

 

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