XLVII SIEDS Scientific meeting >>

(Milano, 27-28 e 29 may 2010)

 
SIEDS Review

downloadable articles (mainly in Italian, some are in English, French or Spanish)
 
 
 
NEWS & SOCIETY
Investing in real estate
Interview with Yongchun Tian
(MIT senior investment associate)
CAMBRIDGE, MA (USA),
"..Statistics and demography are also important in making real estate investment decisions.." >> .
 


News from the American Statistical Association
AMSTATnews >>

 
 
 
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The society pursues this aim by:
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-implementing scientific surveys, enquires and researches and promoting, training activities (courses, seminars, etc);
-publishing the Italian Review of Economics, Demography and Statistics, SIEDS News, a series of studies and monographies on specific items always concerning the scientific interest of the society as well as the proceedings of its congresses and seminars;
-undertaking every activity for supporting such studies or for scientifically collaborating with the policy makers in the economic, demographic and statistical field;
-participating with its official representatives to congress, meetings, commissions of other similar national and international Societies or public or private bodies.
-sustaining the aspirations of similar national and international societies and scientifically co-operating with them.
 
europarlTV
 
Selected video of this month: Doing Regression Using Excel
 
 
 
 
CALL FOR EXPERTS: Economists and Statisticians
Opportunity to be selected with ICstat within the European Commission's "Framework contracts" >>
 


10 12 March 2010

Joint UNECE / Eurostat / OECD Work Session on Statistical Metadata.
The Work Session will be held at the Palais des Nations, Avenue de la Paix, Geneva, Switzerland.
The aim is to exchange experience among experts and to identify best practices in the field of statistical metadata. The Work Session will focus on progress under the different parts of the Common Metadata Framework (CMF) initiative (http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/metis/)
Information: Mr. Steven Vale, Statistical Division, UNECE
Phone: +41-22 917 32 85
Fax: +41-22 917 00 40
E-mail: steven.vale@unece.org
Website: www.unece.org/stats/documents/2010.03.metis.htm
NEWS & SOCIETY

Writing and and talking aloud help in solving math problems

Dec 09- A research by VILLEGAS CASTELLANOS, CASTRO MARTÍNEZ and GUTIÉRREZ PÉREZ published on the ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY vol 7(1) 2009, shows that representations (e.g. verbal and graphical) play an essential role fole in mathematical thinking. They help in the understanding of mathematical concepts and stimolate the development of flexible and versatile thinking in problem solving.
Article in PDF (EN) (ES) from EJREP
(review by A. Cappiello)

 

Pay for delay
Nov 5th 2009
(From The Economist print edition)

Wage subsidies and fatter jobless benefits have softened the impact of the recession but may yet hurt recovery

 
Two Americans Share Nobel in Economics
October 13, 2009
By THE NEW YORK TIMES

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science was awarded on Monday to two Americans for their work in economic governance.
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How the euro crept into Great Britain
BBCnews (5 Aug 09) - More and more places in the UK will accept EURO >>
 
Glossary statistical terms
ISI Glosssary
OECD Glossary
 
 
Statistics & Economics
BLOGS
 
OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms
OECD and other international organisations, in concert with national statistical agencies, have developed a comprehensive set of international statistical terms. >>
 
     
 
 
   
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