“Power from data” is a hypertext designed to help non-expert readers use at best statistics, so that they familiarize themselves with the official statistics information, its language, tools and methods. It is based on similar materials provided by international institutions and foreign statistics institutes.

It has been realized by the National Institute of Statistics – ISTAT  with the collaboration of
·        Italian Society of Statistics SIS  (Società Italiana di Statistica),
·        Interuniversity Research Centre for Statistical Education – CIRDIS,
·      Department of Geoconomic, Linguistic, Statistical, Historical studies for the Regional Analysis,  (Faculty of Economics - University of Rome “La Sapienza”),
·        Odysseus Communication

It is partially funded by the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR).

The texts are simple and easy to understand, accompanied by rich references and deepenings. They are navigable both in sequential and in hypertextual way, and are very useful for study and didactics, but non limited to the education world.
Every card is self-sufficient and does not require reading the previous cards. However, the hypertext can be used systematically for ex. by students, teachers interested in using statistics concretely.

Target group: everyone interested in using numbers in order to describe real life phenomena, such as secondary school students and teachers, university students and researchers (especially humanities faculties)

Level: basic and advanced
 

Site’s structure

The hypertext contains 3 sections.

The largest central section describes the statistics effective use: what they are for, how to elaborate and present them; how much believable they are; how to use data; how to write a report by using statistics information; how to make tables and charts in order to support a thesis.
4 key issues:
·        Using data to evaluate and decide
·        Statistics fundamentals: gathering, production, spread
·        How to trust in data quality
·        How to use statistical data

In the left section the ISTAT data are easily available for users’ researches. It offers a friendly access to general themes:
·        Population
·        Conjuncture
·        Work
·        Prices
·        Environment

The right section collects links to other web resources on popularization of statistics. In order to better know the numbers world there are listed the following tools and links:
·        Statistics glossary
·        Catalogue of publishing products
·        Guide for researchers
·        Guide to the site
·        Definitions and classifications
·        Methodologies
·        Scientific publications
·        Statistics by examples
·        Excel use for statistics
·        Citizens in the future Europe
·        Links to didactic sites and materials