Do you need statistical information for your assignments but find the information difficult to understand? Well Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, does not only produce material for confident, skilled users. There is a section called Statistics Explained presenting articles on statistical topics in an easily understandable way. In addition you can go to one of the workbooks in Statistics 4 beginners for help.
Eurostat publishes freely available harmonised statistics on the EU. Data is collected from national statistical authorities using standardised methodologies enabling genuine comparisons to be made between countries or regions.
The University of Aberdeen is recognised as a ‘research entity’ by Eurostat. This allows researchers at the University of Aberdeen to request access to microdata , the units of data that aggregate statistics are compiled from, by submitting research proposals to Eurostat.
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