dc.description.abstract | The media play an important role in the dissemination of the statistics conveyed to them by the institutions that generate data. Oftentimes, however, their handling of these data varies from their original content. Drawing on the inflation data provided by the Cameroon National Institute of Statistics, this paper shows how and why the media have misinterpreted the information supplied to them and suggests possible ways to enable them to ameliorate the way they disseminate statistical data. This paper sets out to examine the processing of statistical information on inflation emanating from the Cameroon National Institute of Statistics (NSI) by some of the media outlets in order to highlight instances of faulty interpretations, identify the root causes and propose possible avenues to help ameliorate media dissemination of statistical data relayed to them. | en |
dc.title | Statistics and the media: when the interpretation of statistics by the media varies from the content of the dataset | en |
ags.descriptionNotes | Includes bibliographical references. | en |
ags.publisherPlace | Addis Ababa | en |
ags.publisherName | UN. ECA | en |
ags.citationTitle | Policy brief | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-07-12T12:35:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-07-12T12:35:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10855/23745 | |
dc.format.extent | 7 p. | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.type | Policy paper | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE ET FINANCEMENT DU DEVELOPPEMENT::STATISTIQUE::QUALITE DES DONNEES | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::DESARROLLO ECONOMICO Y FINANCIACION DEL DESARROLLO::ESTADISTICA::CALIDAD DE LOS DATOS | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE ET FINANCEMENT DU DEVELOPPEMENT::STATISTIQUE::DONNEES STATISTIQUES | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::DESARROLLO ECONOMICO Y FINANCIACION DEL DESARROLLO::ESTADISTICA::DATOS ESTADISTICOS | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE ET FINANCEMENT DU DEVELOPPEMENT::STATISTIQUE::ORGANISATIONS STATISTIQUES | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::DESARROLLO ECONOMICO Y FINANCIACION DEL DESARROLLO::ESTADISTICA::ORGANIZACIONES ESTADISTICAS | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURE::COMMUNICATION ET MOYENS DE COMMUNICATION DE MASSE::MOYENS DE COMMUNICATION | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURA::COMUNICACION Y MEDIOS DE COMUNICACION DE MASAS::MEDIOS DE COMUNICACION | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURE::COMMUNICATION ET MOYENS DE COMMUNICATION DE MASSE::ETHIQUE JOURNALISTIQUE | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::CULTURA::COMUNICACION Y MEDIOS DE COMUNICACION DE MASAS::ETICA PERIODISTICA | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::DESCRIPTEURS GEOGRAPHIQUES::AFRIQUE::CAMEROUN | |
uneca.subject.fulltaxonomy | UNBIS::DESCRIPTORES GEOGRAFICOS::AFRICA::CAMERUN | |
uneca.classification.fulltaxonomy | Subject Categories::DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE ET FINANCEMENT DU DEVELOPPEMENT::02.07.00 STATISTIQUE | |
uneca.classification.fulltaxonomy | Subject Categories::DESARROLLO ECONOMICO Y FINANCIACION DEL DESARROLLO::02.07.00 ESTADISTICA | |
uneca.workflow.processed | true | |
ags.creatorPersonal | Jazeta, Eric | |
ags.creatorPersonal | Ngogang, Léandre | |
ags.creatorPersonal | Mba, Martin | |
ags.creatorPersonal | Tchakoutéa, Romain | |
ags.creatorCorporate | United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | DATA QUALITY | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | STATISTICAL DATA | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | STATISTICAL ORGANIZATIONS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | COMMUNICATION MEDIA | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | JOURNALISTIC ETHICS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | CAMEROON | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | QUALITE DES DONNEES | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | CALIDAD DE LOS DATOS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | DONNEES STATISTIQUES | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | DATOS ESTADISTICOS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ORGANISATIONS STATISTIQUES | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ORGANIZACIONES ESTADISTICAS | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | MOYENS DE COMMUNICATION | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | MEDIOS DE COMUNICACION | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ETHIQUE JOURNALISTIQUE | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | ETICA PERIODISTICA | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | CAMEROUN | |
ags.subjectThesaurus | CAMERUN | |
ags.subjectClassification | 02.07.00 STATISTICS | |
ags.subjectClassification | 02.07.00 STATISTIQUE | |
ags.subjectClassification | 02.07.00 ESTADISTICA | |
ags.availabilityNumber | b11846999 | |
ags.availabilityNumber | 2017 | |
ags.availabilityLocation | ECA-HQ | |
ags.rights.termsofuse | public | |
ags.JN | b11846999 | |
uneca.language.supported | en | |