Human Development trends report produced by the UNDP

Gapminder is an interactive presentation of The 2005 Human Development trends report produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

60th Anniversary of the United Nations Statistical Commission

The UN Statistical Commission is the apex entity of the global statistical system. It considers and approves international statistical standards and programmes. Since 1947, the Statistical Commission has established a strong foundation for the Global Statistical System and initiated new programmes to address emerging issues
The UN Statistic Division regularly publishes data updates, including the Statistical Yearbook and World Statistics Pocketbook, and books and reports on statistics and statistical methods. Many of the Division's databases are also available on the site http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm , as electronic publications and data files in the form of CD-ROMs, diskettes and magnetic tapes, or as printed publications.

Italian "Camera dei Deputati" Statistics

At this link http://legxv.camera.it/deputatism/248/lista.asp
You can find statistics about "Camera dei Deputati" (Chamber of Deputies) composition by group, age, sex and education.

OECD Factbook: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics - online version

http://titania.sourceoecd.org/vl=1135163/cl=12/nw=1/rpsv/factbook/
third edition of a comprehensive and dynamic new statistical annual from the OECD with more than 100 indicators covering a wide range of areas

United Nations Common Database (UNCDB)

UNCDB provides selected series from numerous specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas.

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cdb/cdb_help/cdb_quick_start.asp

As of 1 May 2007, use of the Common Database will be FREE OF CHARGE. No subscription be necessary after that date, and all users can access the full range of data, metadata and various search tools without restriction.

A new system, UN data, will be launched in Summer 2007 and will provide improved access and searchability for UNSD databases. Click here for more information.

Gender Statistics Database

Based on gender issues relevant for the UNECE region, the advisory UNECE/UNDP Task Force recommended a set of Common Gender Indicators which are available through the UNECE Gender Statistics Database, central database for sex-disaggregated social data.

Direct access to the UNECE Gender Statistics Database

Most of the data available in the UNECE Gender Statistics Database have been supplied by National Statistical Offices through the network of Gender Statistics Focal Points.

Using Humor in the Introductory Statistics Course

at this URL

http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v10n3/friedman.html
you can find an article (by Hershey H. Friedman, Linda W. Friedman, and Taiwo Amoo) on Using Humor in the Introductory Statistics Course, Journal of Statistics Education Volume 10, Number 3 (2002).
This paper discusses reasons for using humor in the statistics classroom. Humor strengthens the relationship between student and teacher, reduces stress, makes a course more interesting, and, if relevant to the subject, may even enhance recall of the material.

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