Section 6 of 6
Sources
Where a figure comes from, and how to read it. Every entry below names the definition or the source it depends on, and says where official figures disagree.
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4 entries in this section
- Reading a bulletinWhere the caveats live in a statistical release, and why they are the interesting part.
- Confidence intervalsA number with a range around it, and what a change smaller than the range means.
- RevisionsFigures change after publication. How that is signalled.
- Citing a figureSource, table, year. Without all three, a number is not usable.