Spreading Statistical Culture

The concepts of public education and social communication with the goal at spreading the statistical culture among the community members have been established. Of course, there is a direct relationship between the levels of statistical culture and the degrees of community cooperation in giving accurate personal, economic, social, health, and demographic data swiftly to the creators of statistical studies. Accordingly, the culture of reliance on making personal and official decisions based on information, data, and evidence has developed.

The review of lessons learned from the experiences of statistical organizations around the world has established the importance of creating a statistical culture among the components of community and all economic, social, and age groups of community members. This includes the importance of educating the community components and members about the objectives of statistical study to be conducted and providing opportunity to listen to the public views before embarking on the conduction of the study. The analysis of experiences showed that if the community is educated, the populace will cooperate more than if public education was insufficient and it can be engaged in the statistical process. in addition, it was established that it is important to invest by maintaining continuous dialog between the statistical organization, stakeholders, and strategic partners for their vital role in ensuring a positive impact on the public cooperation with the study.