International Year of Statistics 2013

Find out about the International Year of Statistics in 2013 (Statistics2013) and Statistics NZ's involvement in the global celebration. Bookmark this page for details of events we are coordinating throughout New Zealand in 2013.

Statistics New Zealand's contributions to the International Year of Statistics 2013 include:

• Celebrating 120 years of women's suffrage (11 September 2013)
• Our new prince – not your average Kiwi baby (23 July 2013)
• International year of Statistics breakfast event (13 June 2013)
• Geoff Bascand reflects on his time with Statistics New Zealand (9 May 2013)
• Kiwi facts and stats infographic (16 April 2013)
• Statistics speech competition at Polyfest 2012 (25 March 2013) and prize giving ceremony
  original story "Fine Delivery A Winner In Polyfest Speech Competition"
• Pacific Annual Attachment programme 2013 (4 March 2013)
  original story "Growing Statistical Knowledge Across The Pacific"

About Statistics2013

Statistics2013 is a worldwide celebration and recognition of the contributions of statistical science. Through the combined energies of organisations worldwide, Statistics2013 promotes the importance of statistics to the broader scientific community, business and government data users, the media, policymakers, employers, students, and the general public. The goals of Statistics2013 include:

• increasing public awareness of the power and impact of statistics on all aspects of society
• nurturing statistics as a profession, especially among young people
• promoting creativity and development in the sciences of probability and statistics. 

See International Year of Statistics (Statistics 2013) for more information.

See also Statistics2013 Participant Newsletters.

Page updated 12 September 2013