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

Absolutely cite any hard numbers you use. It's good practice and not nearly common enough, which means it should be encouraged. Given how quickly statistics become outdated, I would definitely cite...

posted 10y ago by lea‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:40:59Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/12597
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar lea‭ · 2019-12-08T03:40:59Z (almost 5 years ago)
Absolutely cite any hard numbers you use. It's good practice and not nearly common enough, which means it should be encouraged. Given how quickly statistics become outdated, I would definitely cite at least the year of the study/article/whatnot. On Wikipedia some editors would include the date of publication and also _date accessed_, which is relevant to web sources. I don't think that's mandatory, though. Use it if you have reason to believe the source is likely to be edited, e.g. a blog post.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-08-12T06:50:40Z (about 10 years ago)
Original score: 3