The latest data from Poland's Central Statistical Office showed that the country's economy grew by 5.5% in the second quarter, as employment grew.

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Despite seemingly tight controls, 26% of children withdrew early from the study and the data lost statistical significance if 18-month data for the dropouts were included in the calculations.

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Republicans spent much of the 1997 appropriations season battling the administration over its plan to use statistical sampling, a technique that uses data from the traditional head count to estimate the number of those who did not respond to census takers.

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Recent data from the EU's statistical organisation, Eurostat, suggests that in 2009, 3 million people immigrated into the EU, compared with 1.9 million emigrants.

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Irina Bokova underlined the importance of a comprehensive approach, from early childhood to higher education, as well as the need for reliable statistical data for effective planning and a broad vision of the development of the entire education sector.

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Is there any statistical data behind the 99% claim from Occupy Wall Street (OWS)?

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The engineering and statistical tools exist, from probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) to meta-data analytics.

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Experience analytics uses statistical techniques to find the patterns in large and complex collections of data from numerous sources.

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The data come from the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) and was published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

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He pooled data from two much larger ongoing studies of Vytorin and said they showed that the cancer risk was a statistical fluke.

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