PowerStats provides access to nine postsecondary datasets and the thousands of variables they contain. PowerStats is an addition to the NCES Data Lab. NCES Data Lab Consists of the Following Tools (Descriptions from NCES Web Site): QuickStats + Create a simple table quickly + View your output as a chart or table + Choose from many data sets each with about one hundred variables + Select from postsecondary studies PowerStats + Produce complex table + Run linear and logistic regressions + Choose from many data sets each with thousands of variables Library + Search existing tables and figures to find answers to your questions. Visit NCES Tables and Figures. + Coming soon: Thousands of published tables created using PowerStats and QuickStats.
The Common Metadata Framework is divided into four parts, each of which concentrates on different practical and theoretical aspects of statistical metadata systems, and provides vital knowledge for anyone working with statistical metadata. Part A - Statistical Metadata in a Corporate Context, Part B - Metadata Concepts, Standards, Models and Registries , Part C - Metadata and the Statistical Business Process, Part D - Implementation. The development of a framework for statistical metadata was initiated by national delegates to the February 2004 meeting of the Joint UNECE-Eurostat-OECD Work Session on Statistical Metadata (METIS)
Data Sources on Older Americans (DSOA) highlights the contents of government-sponsored surveys and products containing statistical information about the older population. All Federal agencies are invited to contribute to this report and participate in the Forum. Starting in 2009, DSOA includes some non-federal data sources. T he Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics
The Authority's statutory objective is to promote and safeguard the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good. It is also required to promote and safeguard the quality and comprehensiveness of official statistics, and ensure good practice in relation to official statistics.