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  Population growth likely to overwhelm Tanzania's education resources says statistician (in: News roundup)
Mar 19, 2010

Tanzania President's Office logoUnless population growth can be reduced, efforts to deliver adequate education in Tanzania may be frustrated, according to Majige Seleman, principal statistician in the President's Office of Public Service Management.
  Royal Statistical Society backs plan to greatly cut ministerial access to statistics before publication (in: press releases)
Mar 18, 2010
The Royal Statistical Society is backing calls made in a UK Statistics Authority report on pre-release access (published 18 March 2010) for a big reduction in ministerial access to official statistics before their formal publication. The reduction is needed to help turn around public perception of political interference in official statistics, the Society says. The Society is also supporting a call for the power to make the rules on pre-release access to be transferred to the Authority.
  Singapore's Census 2010 kicks off (in: Official Statistics)
Mar 17, 2010

Singapore Census 2010 logoSingapore started its fifth census since independence this week; Census 2010 will collect data from 200,000 households over the next three months.
  Multilevel Modelling course 6 and 7 May - Early Bird deadline approaching (in: Your career)
Mar 17, 2010

Book your place now to take advantage of early bird registration fees
  Lipsey warns politicians not to abuse statistics "to mislead the public" (in: News roundup)
Mar 16, 2010

Straight Statistics campaign logoLord David Lipsey has warned politicians that the campaign he set up, Straight Statistics, will "punish them if they misuse statistics".
  Measurement practitioner Laslett dies (in: News roundup)
Mar 16, 2010
Australian scientist and statistician Geoff Laslett, whose research spanned archaeology, oil exploration and soil and marine science, has died aged 60.
  Poll data wordle highlights politicians' communication challenges (in: News roundup)
Mar 15, 2010
Poll data published by Gallup has been displayed as a word cloud to gain fresh insights into the challenges politicians face in getting their messages across. The analysis of verbatim responses highlights the importance of using language that resonates with supporters and opponents.
  UK Statistics Authority asserts role as statistics guardian (in: News roundup)
Mar 12, 2010
Correspondence with shadow home secretary Chris Grayling published by the UK Statistics Authority makes it clear that the Authority is determined to maintain an independent vigil over the quotation of crime statistics in Parliament.
  New RSS PDC course - An introduction to modelling in R, 3-4 November 2010 (in: Your career)
Mar 12, 2010
A 1 or 2 day course introducing participants to the R environment for statistical computing has been added to the RSS PDC 2010 programme.
  Broadcasters bring in statistical analysts in run-up to election (in: News roundup)
Mar 12, 2010
The BBC Today programme will use More or Less presenter Tim Harford to check politicians' use of statistics in the run-up to the general election.
 
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