Blogs, wikis and official statistics: New perspectives on the use of Web 2.0 by statistical offices

Statistical Journal of the IAOS

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 81-92

  Gardner, Jessica ^a  

^a United Nations Economic Commission for Europe   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFFICIAL STATISTICS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; STATISTICAL INFORMATION; STATISTICAL OFFICES; WEB 2.0; WEB 2.0 APPLICATIONS;

INTERNET;

STATISTICS;

EID: 68349147843     PISSN: 18747655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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