Guidelines and examples of how to best present data about ICTs, websites and all other types of development data in general are summarized in these two new publications from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
UNECE says “the Making Data Meaningful guides are intended as a practical tool to help managers, statisticians and media relations officers in statistical organizations use text, tables, charts, maps and other devices to bring statistics to life for non-statisticians.”
Part 1: A guide to writing stories about numbers www.unece.org/stats/documents/writing/MDM_Part1_English.pdf
Part 2: A guide to presenting statistics www.unece.org/stats/documents/writing/MDM_Part2_English.pdf
The Making Data Meaningful guides are intended as a practical tool to help managers, statisticians and media relations officers in statistical organizations use text, tables, charts, maps and other devices to bring statistics to life for non-statisticians. Part 1: A guide to writing stories about numbers
The first guide provides guidelines and examples on the use of effective writing techniques to make data meaningful.
Making Data Meaningful Part 1: A guide to writing stories about numbers (1.6Mb)
Cómo hacer comprensibles los datos Parte 1: Una guía para escribir sobre números - Spanish translation kindly provided by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Spain
Print copies of the English version are available free of charge and can be requested by email to support.stat@unece.org, indicating the publication title, language version and postal address. Part 2: A guide to presenting statistics
The second guide provides guidelines and examples on preparing effective tables, charts and maps, and using other forms of visualizations to make data meaningful. It also offers advice on how to avoid bad or misleading visual presentations.
Making Data Meaningful Part 2: A guide to presenting statistics - English version (2Mb)
Print copies are available free of charge and can be requested by email to support.stat@unece.org, indicating the publication title, language version and postal address.
