Global data gaps highlight why citizen science has now become essential for official statistics

For more than three decades, DHS provided vital demographic and health data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition in over ...
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"Violence against women: a statistical overview, challenges and gaps in data collection and methodology and approaches for overcoming them"

On 22 December 2003, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted by consensus a resolution entitled “In-depth study on all forms of violence against women” (A/RES/58/185). The resolution ...
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Methods for Integrating Multiple Data Sources to Improve Crop Estimates

The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is the primary statistical data collection agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). NASS conducts hundreds of surveys each year and ...
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How the US ranks globally in data transparency and openness

Collage illustration with magnifying glass over US map and world map. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the United States has numerous statistical ...
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Low- and middle-income countries lack access to big data analysis—here’s how to fill the gap

As statistics continues to play an ever more important role in society, equal access to data resources in developing countries is becoming more essential. Yet the ability to collect good data, the ...
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Guest Opinion: David Gunderman and Eric Vance: Filling the gap on big data analysis

The ability to collect and learn from large amounts of data has been a major driver of innovation over recent decades. Everything from health care – think patient analytics, wearable devices and the ...
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Opinion: Belarus' approaches to statistical data collection merit attention

MINSK, 20 June (BelTA) – Belarus' approaches to statistical data collection merit attention, Gerry O'Hanlon, a leading expert with the first mission of Global Assessment of the National Statistical ...
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Plug data gaps: State-level statistical surveys could help

India’s ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI) has commenced celebrations to commemorate 75 years of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), India’s premier agency for all-India ...