Government Statistics

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Comment by Ray Burton on May 27, 2009 at 3:09pm

Hi all,

Lately, I have been useing SAS in the healthcare informatics environment. Prior to that I have been a SAS user in local, state and federal levels of government.

Comment by Robin Gower on April 15, 2008 at 10:14am

When developing evidence-based policy, should government statistics be presented in exploratory interfaces or as a fait accompli?

(I'm thinking about specific research projects rather than the provision of general national statistics raw data)

In academic research the finding that (e.g.) "the conclusion could be A or B depending on your assumptions" is robust. Although such unbiased conclusions don't lend themselves to practical application.

Clearly there is no one right answer to this question for all contexts!