Data can tell us stories New approaches for an effective e-dissemination of statistics Enrico Giovannini* *ISTAT - Italian National Institute of Statistics.

Data can tell us storiesNew approaches for an effective

e-dissemination of statistics

Enrico Giovannini*

*ISTAT - Italian National Institute of Statistics

IAOS ConferenceKiev

12 - 14 September 2012

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- Objectives

- Main features of “Noi Italia”

- Selection of contents

- Multi-medial dissemination

- An overview of “Noi Italia 2012

100 indicators to understand the country we live in” http://noi-italia.istat.it

- The results of dissemination

Outline

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- To comply with the below statement of the Code of Practice for European statistics:

“European Statistics should be presented in a clear and understandable form, disseminated in a suitable and convenient manner, available and accessible on an impartial basis with supporting metadata and guidance”

- To give users an overview of the most important social, economic and environmental aspects of the country in which they live.

- To compare how Italy is positioned with respect to the other EU countries and highlight regional differences within the national context.

Objectives

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- A digital product available on web;

- Based on factsheets (about 120) grouped in 19 thematic sectors. Each factsheet is realised following the 5Ws and one H principle in order to make up a story

- A tool that allow users to visualize dynamic graphs linked to the text.

- Available in English version from the website http://noi-italia2012en.istat.it/ .

Main Features of Noi Italia

“Noi Italia – 100 statistics to understand the country we live in” is:

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- In order to provide a general framework for understanding the different economic, social, demographic and environmental aspects of Italy;

- in view of the main targets defined in Europe 2020 strategy (former Lisbon strategy), to understand where Italy and the others European country are positioned about it.

- considering the Community Support Framework (CSF), in order to analyse a development pathway and to reduce social hardship for the Italian southern regions.

Selection of contents

The indicators have been selected:

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Multimedial Dissemination (1)

Results have been achieved through the use of a powerful and innovative data visualisation component (vislet eXplorer), based on widget technologies and on a GeoAnalytics Visualization tool, Statistics eXplorer(1)

Statistics eXplorer is a web compliant application which enables users:

- to explore simultaneously spatial, temporal and multivariate data;

- to discover interesting relationships;

- to share their incremental discoveries with other people;

- the dynamic object (vislet) has been integrated in a distributed Web environment (Typo 3).

(1) developed by NComVA AB (Norrköping Communicative Visual Analytics) a spin-off company from the Norrköping Visualization Centre at Linkoping University

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Multimedial Dissemination (2)

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An overview – The Home Page

119 factsheets are proposed, arranged in 19 thematic sectors ranging from economic, social, demographic to environmental fields

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An overview – The second level

Topics per Sector

Highlights on Sector

Spotlights on main topics

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An overview – The Factsheet level

Thematic topic at a glance

DynamicgraphComparison

of EU countries

Storytelling Embedding code

Dynamicgraph

Comparison of the Italian regions (Nuts2)

Storytelling

Download area- graphs for all EU countries; - tables with the last years data

for Italian regions (NutsUTS2);- map for Italian regions related

to the most recent data; - time series for the indicators.

Metadata area- definition of indicators and

measurements unit.

Sources, Publications and Web links area

Choropleth map

Dynamic Bar chart

Time Series animation

Embedding code

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Thematic topic at a glance

- time series indicators related to the Nuts2 level.

- Nuts2 level comparison within the Italian territory through graphs, tables and maps.

- European graphs and tables;

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Download area

Users can download:

- reference survey - main publications - some hyperlinks that enable users to further analyse aspects related to the indicators

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Metadata area

- institutions that collect data

Metadata provided explain:

- description of how indicators are calculated, the reference legislation and the unit of measurement

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Comparison of EU countries – Dynamic Bar chart

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Comparison of the Italian regions (Nuts2) – Dynamic Bar chart & Storytelling

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Comparison of the Italian regions (Nuts2) – Choropleth map & Storytelling

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Comparison of the Italian regions (Nuts2) – Time Series animation

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Comparison of the Italian regions (Nuts2) – Time Series animation

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Embedding code

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The results of dissemination

From January to August:

Number of website visits: 1.445

Pages visited: 17.013

Broadband used 1.11 GB

Number of access: 133.856

231 news captured from press agency during

the product’s presentation

Poverty and Neet (Not in Education, Employment or Training) people were

the most attractive themes for press

and tv agency

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NEXT STEPS:

Dissemination

Enhance the dissemination of Noi Italia to schools, in order to improve the statistical literacy of young generations

Upgrade the way to download files and dynamic graphs

Possibility to share dynamic graphs on web

English version available with dynamic graphs

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THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Enrico Giovannini

[email protected]