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Q&A How do I cite or give credit to a statistic on a website?

I'm not even sure if I need to since I often see statistics on website and blog posts without a source. Do I need to? And how should I do it? From what I've seen when the source is mentioned, peop...

3 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by userrandomnums‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:40:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/12596
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar userrandomnums‭ · 2019-12-08T03:40:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm not even sure if I need to since I often see statistics on website and blog posts without a source. Do I need to? And how should I do it?

From what I've seen when the source is mentioned, people usually do it one of these ways:

> Blah blah blah 922% _(Name of source)_
> 
> Blah blah blah 12312% _(Name of source, Year Published)_

Which of those are correct? And do I need to do something different if I reword the statistic?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-08-12T05:29:22Z (about 10 years ago)
Original score: 4