Anne-Christine Wanders - UNECE Statistical Division Slide 1 11.05.2009

Overview of the Style Guide on the presentation of statistics

UNECE Work Session on the Communication and Dissemination of Statistics

Warsaw, 13-15 May 2009

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Making Data Meaningful

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What is it ?

Product of 2008 UNECE Work Session on Statistical Dissemination & Communication

Guide to help bring statistics to life to non-statisticians

For managers, statisticians & media relations officers

Focus on tables, charts, maps & emerging visualization techniques

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Collective work

15 authors from:• Australian Bureau of Statistics

• Statistics Canada

• OECD

• Swiss Federal Statistical Office

• UK Office for National Statistics

• UNECE

• US Census Bureau

• US Energy Information Administration

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Challenges & solutions

Statistical organizations: many practical & cultural differences

variety of approaches

Style Guide provides: guidelines – suggestions – examples

no strict rules or rigid templates

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Example of a good bar chartWomen ambassadors in 2006

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Italy

Luxembourg

Spain

Israel

Croatia

Cyprus

Georgia

Netherlands

Lithuania

Slovenia

Estonia

Latvia

Finland

Germany

Percent of total number of ambassadorsSource of data: UNECE Statistical Database

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Which type of chart to use ?

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Select the appropriate tool

Good example of an area map

Animation & interactivity

Source: UK Office for National Statisticshttp://www.statistics.gov.uk/populationestimates/svg_pyramid/uk/index.html

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Consultation process

Your comments until 12 June

Final approval by CES Bureau

Published in print by September