June 19, 2011

Thanks Media Watch… and welcome!

Thanks Media Watch for the mention this morning for Stats Chat!  You can listen to the my interview online and if you’ve just discovered our newly-launched blog, welcome!

This is a group blog from various members of the The University of Auckland’s Department of Statistics.

We’ll be covering all sorts of topics of interest to the general public (so you don’t have to be a statistics major to understand everything here) – the use and misuse of statistics in the media (especially those relating to New Zealand), curated links to sites showing new ways of exploring data and more.

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Rachel Cunliffe is the co-director of CensusAtSchool and currently consults for the Department of Statistics. Her interests include statistical literacy, social media and blogging. See all posts by Rachel Cunliffe »

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    Jeanette Saunders

    Heard the interview, Rachel, am delighted about the blog. Thank you for setting it up.
    I came to look for comments and up to date stats about gender differences in absence from work, following the comments by Alisdair Thompson.
    Does anyone know how to access such data?
    I did hear a reporter on Campbell live who said women on average have about 1 more day of absence than men, but she implied it may not be the most reliable data.
    Such data would be great for me to use when teaching statistics.

    13 years ago