Where is a good place to see statistics on the internet. Loads of companies and others quote statistics, assuming they don't do their own survey, where do they get the statistics from - this is what i want to know. Thanks
2007-02-19 02:47:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
The office of national statistics publishes a lot of information.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/
Statistics come from many places. For example, the governement get stats from birth, marriage and death certificates, companies, national census, public surveys etc
Most industries have statistic gathered by a professional bodies such as the CMIB (Continuous Mortality Investigation Bureau) and Association of British Insurers.
All companies will have a desire to record the amout of business they do so that they can detect profitable areas and opportunities.
2007-02-19 04:35:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are lies damn lies and statistics gut instinct is often a better guide
2007-02-19 02:59:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could create your own stats on here
2007-02-19 02:51:10 · answer #3 · answered by crunchymonkey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋