The GovStat Project

Integration of Data and Interfaces to Enhance
Human Understanding of Government Statistics:
Toward the National Statistical Knowledge Network
NSF Grant EIA 0131824

BLS/Fedstats Reports

Seeking Statistical Information in Federal Websites: Users, Tasks, Strategies, and Design Recommendations: Final Report to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (July 18, 1997). Carol A. Hert and Gary Marchionini.
Advanced Interface Designs for the BLS Website: Final Report to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (June, 1998). Gary Marchionini.
FedStats Users and Their Tasks: Providing Support and Learning Tools: Final Report to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. (August, 1998). Carol A. Hert.
Federal Statistical Website Users and Their Tasks: Investigations of Avenues to Facilitate Access: Investigations of Avenues to Facilitate Access: Final Report to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. (1999). Carol A. Hert.
An Alternative Site Map Tool for the Fedstats Website: Final Report to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (June 30, 1999). Gary Marchionini.
Knowledge Representation, Concepts, and Terminology: Toward a Metadata Registry for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Final Report to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. (July, 1999). Stephanie W. Haas.
From Overviews to Previews to Answers: Integrated Interfaces for Federal Statistics: Final Report to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (June 30, 2000). Gary Marchionini.
A Terminology Crosswalk for LABSTAT: Mapping General Language Words and Phrases to BLS Terms: Final Report to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. (September 29, 2000). Stephanie W. Haas.
Planning New Internet Services: Tracking Public Need, Task, and Expectation Trajectories: Final Report to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (August 31, 2001). Gary Marchionini.
User Uncertainties with Tabular Statistical Data: Identification and Resolution. (October 1, 2001). Carol A. Hert and Naybell Hernández. Final Report for Purchase Order #B9J03235.
From Words to Concepts to Queries: Helping users Find Series and Variables to Satisfy Their Information Needs: Final Report to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (November 12, 2001). Stephanie W. Haas.

The GovStat Project is managed at the Interaction Design Laboratory,
at the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Last Updated 1/3/2003