Seminar on the occasion of the European Statistics Day

On October 14 this year, a seminar was held in the auditorium of the Faculty of Economics of University of Opole entitled "Advantages and limitations of the use of statistics in scientific research and economic practice". The organiser of the seminar was the Statistical Office in Opole, in cooperation with the Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management of the University of Opole. The Seminar was participated by research and teaching staff as well as students of the University of Opole. 

The following issues were discussed during the Seminar:

• tasks of public statistics and the essence of statistical secrecy;
• history of national censuses and their impact on social and economic life;
• scope and availability of official statistics resources;
• principles and methods of calculating the price index of consumer goods and services;
• business registration procedure and access to the REGON register resources.

In addition, the conditions of participation in the competition for the best master's and doctoral thesis in the field of statistics were presented, while encouraging students to take part in the competition.

The speakers were employees of the Statistical Office with extensive experience in carrying out tasks related to the discussed issues.