One-stop shop for official statistics
Researchers, policy analysts and university students are among those who will benefit from the ‘one-stop shop’ access to official statistics available through the new portal ‘Statisphere’.
Managed by Statistics New Zealand, Statisphere is being developed progressively to provide access to statistics by subject and by agency, taking the researcher directly to the appropriate place on the relevant government agency site.
The ‘by subject’ search provides an extensive list of subjects in alphabetical order, while the ‘by agency’ search covers about 40 government departments. The links identify the statistical information, reports and surveys completed or in progress within individual agencies.
There is also information about official statistics, including what falls into the definition of official statistics and what they provide, as well as a set of key statistics, the official statistics system seminar series, a glossary, and a training and development directory.
Lyall Payne, Project Manager for the Official Statistics Programme, said the portal would make official statistics from across government more accessible. “It will allow anyone to find what they want without having to trawl through individual agency sites.” Agencies will post statistical information on the site over the next few months.
The site www.statisphere.govt.nz was officially launched at the Key Statistics 2005 conference in October.
