Helping People Understand Statistical Terms:
The Statistical Interactive Glossary  (SIG) and the GovStat Ontology

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Development of SIG

Terms

GovStat Ontology

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Content

Context specificity

"Provide explanations of term or..."

Format

For each term, choices from the three dimensions are combined to create a presentation.

Context: a presentation may be universally applicable, or specific to a table or statistic.

Content: how to “house”, or deliver, the information.

Format: effective formats may depend on hardware limitations, learning style, and content.

"An index combines numbers measuring..."

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Future Work