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The first data visualisation hackathon in Estonia will be held in May

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Statistic Estonia and Garage48 organise the first data visualisation hackathon in Estonia, to be held on 9–10 May at Palo Alto Club in Tallinn. The winning team will be awarded 3,000 euros and the next two teams 1,000 euros.

Research and development

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Code Description of nature of transaction Transactions involving actual change of ownership with financial compensation 11 Outright sale/purchase except direct trade with/by private consumers 12 Direct trade with/by private consumers (incl. distance sale) Return and replacement of goods free of charge after registration of the original transaction 21 Return of goods 22 Replacement for returned goods 23 Replacement (e.g. under warranty) for goods not being returned Transactions involving intended change of ownership or change of ownership without financial compensation 31 Movements to/from a

Statistics Estonia’s virtual assistant Iti helps both users of statistics and data providers

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Iti, a virtual assistant, is serving customers on the website of Statistics Estonia since April. Iti can respond to the most common questions of data providers and users of statistics. If Iti does not know the answer, it directs the question to customer support, based on the content asked.

First machine-to-machine submitted data on wages reached Statistics Estonia

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As a result of the cooperation between Statistics Estonia, software company Skriining and Ida-Viru central hospital, the first set of wages data that were submitted directly from the enterprise’s IT system arrived at Statistics Estonia this spring.

Internet in Estonia mostly used for e-mail and online banking, security awareness of enterprises is growing

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Statistics Estonia’s survey on information technology in households shows that inhabitants of Estonia are active users of the internet, but businesses need to protect themselves from security threats.

Estonia’s trade flows can now be visualized

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Statistics Estonia launched an application that visualizes Estonia’s trade flows, giving a better overview of trade with other countries.

Young statistician’s grant awarded to Sven Erik Ojavee

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This year, the Albert Pullerits young statistician’s grant was awarded to Sven Erik Ojavee from the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of Tartu. The aim of the grant is to motivate young people to apply and develop statistical methods.

International cooperation

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In today’s rapidly evolving and changing world, international cooperation is essential for the production, development and explanation of statistics. International cooperation takes place both globally and regionally. The aim of international cooperation is to: design and develop comparable statistics; adopt innovative methods; find new data sources The modernisation of statistical systems, the introduction of new data sources and processing methods makes statistical production more efficient and contributes to quality and user-friendly data. Statisticians and analysts need to decide on a

Statistics Estonia is looking for volunteers to participate in a mobile positioning trial study

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Statistics Estonia, the University of Tartu Department of Geography and Positium LBS are organising a trial study on mobile positioning with the aim to find out whether mobile positioning can help to determine the place of residence of a person.