This is the third Library mini-lecture for the GCPS 1005 Public Speaking Course

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Prepared for GCPS 1005, Fall 2013
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“There are three kinds of lies:
lies, damned lies, and statistics.”
– Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81), British statesman and novelist
Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfield. (2009). In E. Knowles (Ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (7th ed.). Retrieved from
http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.hkbulib.hkbu.edu.hk/view/10.1093/acref/9780199237173.001.0001/q-author-00001-00000992

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 Why use statistics?
 Government & other official statistics
 Public opinion statistics

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why use statistics?
 Statistics are numerically formulated
facts
 When used well, they give your ideas
more impact
 They are especially useful when you
need make your point more precisely
and impressively
 You should always use statistics fairly
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government statistics
 The Hong Kong Government’s Census and Statistics Department
provides detailed official statistics on a myriad of topics: population,
labour, trade, energy, transport and more
 Their website is a great source
for statistics on all topics
relating to Hong Kong

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interactive data dissemination service
 One useful tool the Department offers is the Interactive Data
Dissemination Service
 This allows you to combine census data in all sorts of different ways:

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other official statistics
Depending on your topic, you may find these other statistical sources
useful
 Asian Development Bank Statistical Database System - essential
social, economic, and financial indicators relating to the Asian
Development Bank’s developing member countries
 中國統計數據庫 China Statistics- contains several database groups
covering business and financial information
 CSMAR系列數據庫- provides economic data on China, company
financials, and stock market data in more than 60 subsets

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finding public opinion statistics
for HONG KONG
The HKU Public Opinion
Programme was established to
collect and study public opinion
on various topics
for ELSEWHERE
The Pew Research Center
focuses mainly on the US, but
includes a “Global” section

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Links to all of the materials covered
(and a few more!) are available on the
course guide:
http://hkbu.libguides.com/GCPS1005
Click on the “Statistics” tab
resources

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image credit
Slide 4: “Statistics about statistics about…” by Frits Ahlefeldt-Laurvig, available
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