Data dissemination

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Data dissemination

• Aspects and emerging trends
• Stefan Schweinfest, UNSD

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Data dissemination

• Definition
• Release to users of information obtained
• through statistical processes
• Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
• Principle 1
• Relevance
• Impartiality
• Equal Access/Obligation to Disseminate

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Data communication

• Two way process
• Purpose
• maximize the use of information
• minimize misuse of statistics by ensuring that
  the contexts, caveats, and other limitations of
  the information are understood
• Provision of data and high-quality metadata
• Location of data according to subject and time
  period
• Methodology and definitions

Statistical service provider
Users/ Customers
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Aspects of data communication

• Identify the users
• Customers
• Cooks
• Commentators
• Identify the needs ? media types
• Printed publications
• Complete databases
• Ready-made tables (with commentary) in different
  formats
• Data quality
• Privacy and confidentiality
• Pricing policy
• Marketing and communications policy

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Emerging trends

• Migration from paper based to electronic
  publishing
• (Still demand for printed publications)
• Open and free access to the data collections
• Interactive products for greater flexibility
• Customer oriented services
• Dissemination Standards

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UNSDs data dissemination

• 1) Data print publications e.g. National
  Accounts Yearbook.
• 2) Electronic files (custom made or CD Roms).
• 3) Web-data bases (e.g. COMTRADE)
• 4) Semi analytical (e.g. Worlds Women)