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SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION 1
INTRODUCTION: 2
NIUE INLAND: 2
PROGRAMME: 2
PURPOSE OF VISIT: 2
TRAINING COURSES: 3
VISITS TO VILLAGE CLUBS: 3
LAPATI TOGAKILO: 4
JOB ANALYSIS OF WOMEN’S INTERESTS OFFICER: 5
SUGGESTED PROGRAMME FOR W.I.O. FOR 1965 AND EARLY 1966: 5
DOMESTIC SCIENCE SYLLABUS: 6
PRIMARY SCHOOL SCHEME: 6
RECOMMENDATIONS: 6
REPORT OF S.P.C. W.I.O. SEPTEMBER 1962: 6
HIGH SCHOOL 7
SEWING SCHEME: 7
FOODS AND NUTRITION: 9
HOMS WANAGEMENT: 9
HOME MANAGEMENT UNIT: 10
HOMECRAFT ROOM: 10
NEEDLECRAFT ROOM: 10
PROPOSED NEW HOMECRAFT BUILDING: 10
TEACHER TRAINING: 10
IN APPRECIATION: 11
APPENDIX B 12
APPENDIX C 14
APPENDIX D 16
SPC/Statistician 5/WP. 1 26 September 1980 19
1. Introduction 20
2. The Programme So Far 20
3. Outline of the Statistical Operations and Procedures Training Course 22
4. Evaluation of the Courses Completed 26
5. Costs 38
6. Conclusions and Recommendations 39
Appendix – Details of the Statistical Operations and Procedures Training Courses 43
STATISTICAL OPERATIONS AND PROCEDURES (INTERMEDIATE LEVEL) 58
STATISTICAL OPERATIONS AND PROCEDURES (INTERMEDIATE LEVEL) 59
PREFACE 60
CONTENTS 61
TOPIC 1 INTRODUCTION – WHAT IS, OR ARE, STATISTICS? 64
TOPIC 2 COLLECTING THE DATA – THE RAW MATERIAL OF STATISTICS 69
TOPIC 3 DATA PROCESSING – MAKING SENSE OF THE NUMBERS 90
TOPIC 4 PRESENTING RESULTS – PROVIDING THE INFORMATION THAT IS NEEDED IN A USEFUL FORM 115
TOPIC 5 FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS – REDUCING A LOT OF DATA INTO A MANAGEABLE FORM 149
TOPIC 6 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS – SUMMARISING THE OBSERVATIONS 170
TOPIC 7 PROBABILITY – MAKING DECISIONS WHEN WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN 189
TOPIC 8 SAMPLING – HOW TO GET SOMETHING FOR A LITTLE 196
TOPIC 9 – TIME SERIES – FORECASTING THE FUTURE BY LOOKING AT THE PAST 234
TOPIC 10 INDEX NUMBERS – HOW TO LOOK AT MANY DIFFERENT THINGS AT ONCE 251
TOPIC 11 RELATIONSHIPS – LINKS BETWEEN THINGS, CAUSE OR EFFECT? 265
TOPIC 12 – WHAT DOES A GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL OFFICE DO? 285
TOPIC 13 MEASURING THE ECONOMIC PROGRESS OF A COUNTRY 294
TOPIC 14 SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS – MONITORING THE QUALITY OF LIFE 312
EBPORT ON FOLLOW UP VISIT 325
WOMEN'S INTEREST COURSE – SANTO, NEW HEBRIDES MAY 8TH -19TH, 1972 332
EVALUATION 334
APPENDTE 335
SPC/Atolls/WP.25 14 April 1932 339
SOIL AND WATER SALINITY ASPECTS OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE ON ATOLLS 340
SOIL AND WATER SALINITY ASPECTS OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE ON ATOLLS 341
CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF SALINITY IN WATER AND SOILS 342
INTRODUCTION 342
CLASSIFYING SALT-AFFECTED SOILS 344
CLASSIFYING IRRIGATION WATER 345
SALINITY EFFECTS ON CROPS 345
IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT FOR SOIL. SALINITY CONTROL 353
EFFECTS OF IRRIGATION FREQUENCY AND APPLICATION METHOD 354
PROGNOSIS REQUIREMENTS 356
CONCLUSIONS 357
SPC/Atolls/WP.25 14 April 1982 358
CHANGES IN THE FIJIAN BAITFISHERY, 1974-1980 378
CHANGES IN THE FIJIAN BAITFISHERY, 1974 – 1980 379
TABLE OF CONTENTS 380
LIST OF TABLES 381
LIST OF FIGURES 382
2. THE SKIPJACK FISHERY 383
CHANGES IN THE FIJIAN BAITFISHERY. 1974 – 1980 383
3. THE -BAITFISHERY 386
4. REASONS FOR THE LOW APPARENT ABUNDANCE OF BAITFISH IN 1979/1980 392
5. COMPARISON WITH OTHER BAIT FISHERIES IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC 402
6. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 403
REFERENCES 405
OTHER REPORTS IN THIS SERIES 407
SPC/Dental Health 2/WP.8 25 March 1982 408
LEGISLATIVE POLICIES AND STRATEGIES WHICH RELATE NUTRITION AND HEALTH 411
References 426
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND DIABETES IN POLYNESIANS FROM RAROTONGA (COOK ISLANDS) AND NIUE 427
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION 428
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND DIABETES IN POLYNESIANS FROM RAROTONGA (COOK ISLANDS) AND NIUE 429
TABLE OF CONTENTS 430
LIST OF TABLES 431
LIST OF FIGURES 432
1. INTRODUCTION 433
2. METHODS 434
3. RAROTONGA (COOK ISLANDS) 437
4. NIUE 440
5. COMPARISONS 442
6. IMPLICATIONS FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAMMES 444
BIBLIOGRAPHY 447
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION TECHNICAL PAPERS 486
No 197 – Field report n° 6: Niue Island (1965) 487
No 198 – Evaluation of the programme of generalised statistical training conducted by the SPC from Jan. 1977 to Sept. 1980. 488
No 199 – Statistical operations and procedures (intermediate level): lecture notes (1982) 489
No 200 – Report on follow-up visit (1972) 494
No 201 – Women’s interest course, Santo, New Hebrides May 8th -19th 1072 495
Commission du Pacifique Sud – Regional Technical Meeting on Atolls (21 -27 April 1982 496
No 205 Changes in the Fijian baitfishery 1974 – 1980. 497
No 206 – Country statement: Marshall Islands (1982) 498
No 208 Legislative policies and strategies which relate nutrition and health (1981) 499
No 211 – Epidemiological studies of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Polynesians from Rarotonga (Cook Islands) and Niue. (1984). 500

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