1. why?. learn about web 2.0 1. why ? make statistics useful
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1. Why?
1. Why ?
Learn about web 2.0
1. Why ?
Make statistics useful
StudentsCitizensGeneralist media…anyone !
AcademicsPolicy makersSpecialized media
1. Why ?
Reach a wider audience
Statisticians
2. Existing dissemination web sites
Interest for dissemination sitesNumber of people who have bookmarked these home pages on del.icio.us
Source: del.icio.us
2. Existing dissemination web sites
Design
Accuracy
Access to sources,to add’l info
Easy to use
Easy to download
Easy to publish online
OECD
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Almanacs
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Encyclopaedias
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SwivelMany Eyes
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3. Outcomes
Demo?
3. Outcomes
Traffic: significant
3. Outcomes
Interactions with users:
disappointing
3. Outcomes
reactions: many
4. Lessons learned
4. Lessons learned
StudentsCitizensGeneralist media…anyone !
AcademicsPolicy makersSpecialized media
Statisticians
Very different expectations from our
different groups.
4. Lessons learned
Writing for the web
On paper: simple, clean layout
But on the web… 4 screens long
This is a typical Swivel graph, 5 data points
supported by 2 sentences of text.
We need to adapt our content to publish on the
web.
4. Lessons learned
The impact of
exposure
Exposure
First twelve datasets appear on the 1st page.
They are all visible.
Exposure
Newer datasets will have fewer visits than the 1st twelve, so they won’t
appear on the 1st page… so they will get fewer visits…
Exposure
And so on…
Exposure
And so forth…
Comparison with the OECD system
Drill down to get your data
Comparison with the OECD system
Both systems have an
arbitrary bias
Traffic goes to tables of
high-profile publications
Traffic goes to well-established tables
OECD Swivel
4. Lessons learned
2-way communication
Which is easier to interact with?
Hundreds of tables and graphs
One table or graph at a time
5. What’s next?