The UK Statistics Authority - the official statistics gatherer - doesn't record seasonally when divorce happens.
The latest statistics emerged from an Office of National Statistics and Health Protection Agency study.
The difficulties of creating environmental statistics that are comparable to national income and wealth statistics are serious.
Official statistics show that 2.6 million people were online in 2011, the last year for which statistics are available.
Liberal Democrat Baroness Hamwee said responsibility for immigration statistics should be handed to the Official for National Statistics (ONS).
Meanwhile, PSA president, Chief Superintendent Kevin Morris, has attacked performance indicators as "collecting statistics for the sake of statistics".
Hoover did not give statistics about the number of hand-grenades seized by ATF, nor were statistics immediately available from the agency.
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So you see -- you see statistics that in some ways are good, you see other statistics which you hope improve.
This means the UK Statistics Authority, which monitors statistics to ensure good practice, had no remit to check the figures against the code of practice.
Kennesaw State University offers a Master of Science in applied statistics, a minor in applied statistics and data analysis and a SAS certificate in statistical analysis.
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The MPs said the use of statistics system had improved, but more control needed to be given to the UK Statistics Authority to boost public confidence.
At this point the report launches into what I think is statistics, and while I am pretty good at lies and damn lies, I know nothing at all about statistics.
Based on statistics gathered by the US Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment in the country's wide-ranging manufacturing sector fell below 12 million in 2009.
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The statistics watchdog has not previously commented directly on the use of official statistics by the media, limiting its scrutiny to the behaviour of the government and national politicians.
The UK Statistics Authority "must be and be seen to be an effective, independent watchdog able to ensure statistics are produced efficiently and to a set standard", he added.
That is a remarkable fall by any standards - and the trend is expected to be confirmed on Thursday when the Office for National Statistics releases its latest crime statistics.
"We note that DWP issued these as a research report, not as official statistics, " Sir Michael writes, adding that the department's website refers to the research as "publication of ad-hoc statistics".
Of course union bashers will trot out statistics showing that job creation is greater in right-to-work states, but it seems here the economists who divine these statistics are mistaking cause and effect.
Which brings us back to the introduction: are the TUC pushing an economic or political line with a careful presentation of statistics or are they intentionally misleading with a presentation of incorrect statistics?
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The MPs raised concerns about the dual role of the UK Statistics Authority - which produces data through its Office for National Statistics arm and also monitors statistics - that leaves it effectively reporting on itself.
Officials briefed the members on the collection of tourism statistics, and how this had changed since responsibility for their collection had passed from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board to the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).
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The app mashes up Census data with economic statistics from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and Bureau of Labor Statistics and provides the latest economic indicators that drive business hiring, sales, and production decisions throughout the nation in real time.
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These professionals use mathematics, statistics, and financial theory to assess the risk that an event will occur and to help businesses and clients develop policies that minimize the cost of that risk, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website.
If a voter were to cast his ballot based upon outright statistics and awards (without names attached to those statistics), there is no doubt that Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens would be voted in to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.
And as we see all the time, some of the numbers we depend on most and cite most in the press and in the government -- GDP statistics, unemployment statistics -- are constantly being revised when new information and new data comes in.
And it said that the Office for National Statistics had made its migration statistics clearer, so that it was more easy for students to be identified in emigration flows "to give a more accurate measure of the contribution of students to overall net migration".
By last count, no fewer than 106 federal agencies are tasked with gathering statistics, the most important being the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Census Bureau, U.S. Treasury, Internal Revenue Services, Office of Management and Budget, and Economics and Statistics Administration.
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But then others objected that the Met Office is the official provider of World Meteorological Organisation statistics and it would be ludicrous to reject their highly sophisticated statistics smoothed by computer models just because the Met Office forecasters were amongst the contestants in the Weather Test.
Also, look at data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Employment report, where you can view employment numbers nationally and by state, and from the Bureau of Labor Statistics by Industry report, in which you will find statistics related to layoffs, hiring, and earnings for specific industries.
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