World Statistics Day is an international day to celebrate statistics. Created by the United Nations Statistical Commission,[1] it was first celebrated on 20 October 2010. The day is celebrated every five years.[2]
As of 2010[update], 103 countries celebrate a national Statistics Day, including 51 African countries that jointly celebrate African Statistics Day annually on 18 November.[3] India celebrates its statistics day on 29 June, the birthday of the statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.[4] The Royal Statistical Society in the UK also launched its getstats statistical literacy campaign on the same day at 20:10 (on 20 October 2010).[5][6]
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Speech of Walter Radermacher, on the occasion of World Statistics Day 2015
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World Statistics Day 2010
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References
- ^ "World Statistics Day" (PDF). United Nations. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "World Statistics Day". www.un.org. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "United Nations Statistics Division".
- ^ ""Statistics Day" will be celebrated on 29th June, 2018".
- ^ "Home". getstats.org.uk.
- ^ "World Statistics Day | Statistics". statistics.unwto.org. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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