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Useful Resources
Resources
Useful software
- The iNZight software (free) from the University of Auckland and iNZight Analytics Ltd https://inzight.nz/
- Web applications for Official Statistics from the International Statistics Literacy Project
- Measuring Price Change
- Comparing Populations (over time, between countries and between groups within countries)
- Graph It In Excel emphasises data presentation and gives instructions for the creation of simple graphs including boxplots and population pyramids.
Relevant New Zealand Statutes
- The Data and Statistics Act 2022
- The Statistics Act 1975 (Amended 2012) - Note changes to Section 37C
- Privacy Act 1993
- Tax Administration Act 1994
- Electoral Act 1993 - Note especially Section 112
Useful Websites
- Figure NZ (formerly Wiki New Zealand) for lots of useful graphs and datasets
- Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand's Official Statistics Agency
- Infographics - catchy visual displays of Official Statistics
- Research papers in Official Statistics
- NZ.Stat: Browsing and customising statistical output tables
- Infoshare: for time series
- HLFS March Quarter 2014
- Information about the CPI and Visualisation of the NZ Consumer Price Index
- Housing in Christchurch after the earthquakes
- Statisphere: Portal to New Zealand Official Statistics, including pages for
- The Virtual Statistics System: an online resource for Official Statistics Agencies
- ABS Document on Crime and Administrative Data
- Spotlight on the Australian Census
- ABS page on Statistical Literacy
- Data from the OECD
- General Statistical Business Process Model - for Official Statistics Agencies
- Article on the current crisis of trust in statistics
- MBIE Official Statistics on Tourism presented in R Shiny
- NZ Census-Mortality Study Statistics presented in R Shiny
- Peter Elllis's Stats Stuff: quite a lot of Official Stats data here
Online Statistical Calculators
Here are some websites which have calculators for making simple statistical tests.
- Online statistics calculators: http://www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs/index.cfm
- Online statistics calculators: http://vassarstats.net/
- Online chi-square test (up to 9x9 tables): http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/stats/contingency_NROW_NCOLUMN_form.html
- Online Goodman-Kruskal Lambda Calculator (up to 5x5 tables): http://vassarstats.net/newcs.html
