Tag Archives: Statistics
BP Statistical Review of World Energy
For those needing high-level energy data from a credible source, a great free resource to consult is the BP Statistical Review of World Energy. This annual publication is released every June and provides data across a variety of energy sectors
The CDC Under Magnification: Part Two
Wouldn’t you know, watching the very smart movie Contagion last night would get me psyched to write this second installment on the CDC? This part deals with the National Center for Health Statistics, a CDC subset that works to, “compile
The CDC Under Magnification: Part One
We’re lucky to live in a country where our government collects and disseminate scads of information for free, case in point, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of course nothing is easy with our government, and the CDC website
University Presidents’ Salaries
When we think of the phrase executive compensation, the first thing that probably comes to mind is all things banking and corporate. Hence it’s englightening to see the data compendium that one of the major trade-pubs for our nonprofit industry,
De-shark-ifying
At bizologie we’re actually big animal lovers, so please don’t take this post’s image too literally. Sharkrepellent.net is not the oceanic equivalent of bug spray but rather, according to its parent company FactSet, a “corporate governance database,” which, “provides takeover
Kids Count
The Annie E. Casey Foundation just released their 22nd annual Kids Count Data Book and now have their data available online through the Kids Count Data Center. “Kids Count is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of
Megaregion Research
Megaregions are massive interconnected cities scattered throughout the United States, e.g. the Houston/Austin/Dallas Triangle, and the America 2050 initiative is putting them under the microscope (metaphorically speaking). Their about page says, “America 2050 is a national initiative to meet the
NCES – Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), analyzes and provides data on education. NCES is run by the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences. There are more education stats here than you can imagine. You can find school district
Make Your City Smarter With IBM’s City Forward
IBM’s City Forward just launched and it’s a wonderful free resource for aggregating data about cities all over the world. Using data from publicly available resources (e.g. U.S. Census Bureau, Australia Bureau of Statistics, EuroStat, UK National Statistics, etc.), City
