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Informing the Nation: Official Statistics and Communication

Informing the Nation: Official Statistics and Communication. Dr Siu-Ming Tam Australian Bureau of Statistics 17 September, 2010. ABS Canberra. Learning from musicians. “ABS Presents …….”. “If Australia were only …”. Florence Nightingale Pioneered the use of charts to tell stories.

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Informing the Nation: Official Statistics and Communication

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  1. Informing the Nation: Official Statistics and Communication Dr Siu-Ming Tam Australian Bureau of Statistics 17 September, 2010

  2. ABS Canberra

  3. Learning from musicians

  4. “ABS Presents …….”

  5. “If Australia were only …”

  6. Florence Nightingale Pioneered the use of charts to tell stories

  7. We do not want impressions. • We want facts. • You complain that your report would be dry. The drier the better. • Statistics should be the driest of all reading - William Farr, RG of Births and Deaths, Great Britian, 1861

  8. Farr’s doctrine

  9. Nightingale’s doctrine

  10. Pyramidisation

  11. A tale of two cities

  12. Visploration

  13. Key points • Statistics need to be communicated • New tools to be used to tell stories include: • “ABS presents” • “If Australia were only ….” • “Pyramidisation” • “Visploration” • Further information • www.abs.gov.au/betaworks • Siu-Ming.Tam@abs.gov.au

  14. Thank you!

  15. Visploration • AustralianTrade Data revised

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