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1. The National Institute of Statistical Sciences was established in 1990 by the national statistics societies and the Research Triangle uni ersities and organi!ations" with the mission to identify" cataly!e and foster high#impact" cross#disciplinary and cross#sector research in ol ing the statistical sciences. NISS is in ol ed in many research pro$ects encompassing many different industries such as bioinformatics" data confidentiality" statistics integration" data %uality" information technology" the en ironment" education statistics" large and comple& databases. https'((www.niss.org() *. The +merican Community Sur ey ,+CS- is an ongoing statistical sur ey that samples a small percentage of the population e ery year ## gi ing communities the information they need to plan in estments and ser ices.
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.. /ealth Statistics and Reports Community /ealth is responsible for the collection of information on a range of health related issues. The information is collected to monitor the general health and well#being of 0ichigan1s citi!ens. These data are useful for health program de elopment" targeting and e aluation of program progress. The information is used to identify emerging health issues and trends and can be made a ailable for epidemiological research. Statistics are de eloped from the data collected to pro ide basic information on these health e ents in 0ichigan. The data are pro ided at the state" county and community le el. 2isted below are the categories of a ailable statistics. 3. The northwest territories 4ureau of Statistics pro ides community profiles for all northwest territories communities. http'((www.statsnwt.ca(community#data() 5. Neighbourhood and community statistics co er a ariety of issues affecting the local area" including depri ation" community wellbeing" census data and the physical en ironment. Citi!en perspecti es play an important part in assigning resources to impro e aspects of a community.
http'((www.statistics.go .u6(hub(people#places(communities(neighbourhoods#and#communities) 7. The Community Information Summaries pro ide a broad range of statistical data from the *011 +ustralian Census of 8opulation and /ousing" for people born in more than 100 countries. http'((www.immi.go .au(media(publications(statistics(comm#summ() 9. 2ocal indicators of economic community offers a comparison to pro incial figures of arious socio#economic indicators. Some of these indicators are' population" census characteristics" new business incorporations" ban6ruptcies" income assistance and employment insurance beneficiaries" construction acti ity" counts of business establishments" and alue(ta&es on a 1representati e1 house.

http'((www.bcstats.go .bc.ca(Statistics4ySub$ect(SocialStatistics(Community:acts.asp&) ;. The +8 Teacher Community is a professional learning networ6 connecting +8 Statistics teachers worldwide. 8eople will see resources and discussion threads as a starting point. 8eople can grow this community to support your classroom and others through the power of your contributions. https'((apcommunity.collegeboard.org(web(apstatistics) 9. The 4ureau of <ustice Statistics maintains two annual data series" the +nnual 8robation Sur ey and the +nnual 8arole Sur ey" designed to pro ide national" federal" and $urisdiction#le el data from administrati e records of adults super ised in the community on probation or parole. 4oth data series also collect information on the characteristics of probationers and parolees. http'((www.b$s.go (inde&.cfm=ty>tp?tid>15) 10. @o ernment 0anagement +ccountability and 8erformance ,@0+8- community is the tool that helps Aashington state agencies measure and impro e their performance. The @o ernorBs public accountability forums focus on high#priority initiati es in @o ernor @regoireBs 6ey result areas. http'((www.doc.wa.go (aboutdoc(statistics.asp)