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How have National Statistical Institutes improved quality in the last 25 years? - IOS P... - 0 views

  • There are still major efforts needed to continuously improve. More focus needs to be put on measuring internal processes, costs, and components of quality other than accuracy. Documentation needs to be regularly updated, methods for incorporating Big Data developed, and flexibility improved so that adaptive methods based on paradata can be used.
  • it takes regular management involvement and procedures to be in place for it to succeed
  • Measurements are vital, but they are not the goal. This will require re-focusing on improving internal processes. It also implies recognizing the need to track costs as a component of quality.
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  • While it will continue to be important for NSIs to increase their use of administrative data and the many sources of Big Data, these will rarely be able to be used as stand-alone sources. More often these sources will need to be combined with well-designed survey data to produce a blended, improved product.
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    "Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency"
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