GovStat at UNC Chapel Hill

Find What you Need, Understand What You Find.

Scenario: You are searching a government statistical web site – Bureau of Labor Statistics, for example – and you come across a table that looks like it would have the appropriate information. However, you don't understand one of the key terms – index, for example. A link will notify you that this term has an associated definition.


Click on a link to launch the animated glossary definition.

Index Family

Index: General Definition
Index: Consumer Price Index
Index: Body Mass Index
Index: Octane Rating

Population & Sample Family

Sample & Population: General Definition
Sample & Population: New York Gas Price
Sample & Population: Height & Weight

Averages Family

Mean & Median Comparision Definition
Average Household Income
Average Mother's Age at 1st Birth

Adjustment Family

Adjustment: General Definition
Age Adjustment (using Death Rate)
Seasonal Adjustment

 

 

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