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Jan 17, 2013

KINGSTON, Jamaica - THE Statistical Institute of Jamaica's (Statin) will introduce its new electronic data collection system (Edacs) to CARICOM. Now that its new data collection system, Edacs, an electronic system operated on the Hewlett-Packard (HP) Slate 2 tablet has been unveiled, Statin is key on sharing the system with other Caribbean territories. "They would be very interested as they face the same problems," said Sonia Jackson, director general of Statin. "When (Caricom) met last year, I indicated that the agency was in the process of rolling out the device that would make data collection faster and easier.

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