Monthly Archives: February 2012
Scottish Government Surveys amalgamated from 2012
The annual budget for four major Scottish population surveys has been cut by £2.8m, reducing the sample size for some questions and omitting a nurse visit and its blood samples. On the plus side, core questions will have a larger … Continue reading
Another Statistics Canada chief quits over cuts and control
Philip Cross, StatsCan’s chief economic analyst, has resigned, citing the reduction of reliable basic information from the Census, and the politicisation of the national statistics agency. The resignation comes 18 months after the head of StatsCan Munir Sheikh left, forced … Continue reading
Mis-measurement of health and wealth: Radstats Conference & AGM, 24-25 Feb 2012, London
February is upon us! If you’ve not had the chance, please note that you can still book a space for the Radical Statistics conference to be held on Friday, February 24th 2012 at the British Library Conference Centre, followed by … Continue reading
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