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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 68-515-XDescription:
This overview document describes the conceptual underpinnings of the Integrated Business Statistics Program and explains how program components facilitate a more integrated approach to economic surveying at Statistics Canada.
Release date: 2015-06-17 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X200900211037Description:
Randomized response strategies, which have originally been developed as statistical methods to reduce nonresponse as well as untruthful answering, can also be applied in the field of statistical disclosure control for public use microdata files. In this paper a standardization of randomized response techniques for the estimation of proportions of identifying or sensitive attributes is presented. The statistical properties of the standardized estimator are derived for general probability sampling. In order to analyse the effect of different choices of the method's implicit "design parameters" on the performance of the estimator we have to include measures of privacy protection in our considerations. These yield variance-optimum design parameters given a certain level of privacy protection. To this end the variables have to be classified into different categories of sensitivity. A real-data example applies the technique in a survey on academic cheating behaviour.
Release date: 2009-12-23 - Articles and reports: 11-522-X200800011008Description:
In one sense, a questionnaire is never complete. Test results, paradata and research findings constantly provide reasons to update and improve the questionnaire. In addition, establishments change over time and questions need to be updated accordingly. In reality, it doesn't always work like this. At Statistics Sweden there are several examples of questionnaires that were designed at one point in time and rarely improved later on. However, we are currently trying to shift the perspective on questionnaire design from a linear to a cyclic one. We are developing a cyclic model in which the questionnaire can be improved continuously in multiple rounds. In this presentation, we will discuss this model and how we work with it.
Release date: 2009-12-03 - Articles and reports: 75F0002M2002005Description:
This publication incorporates a detailed description of the methods used to arrive at the various low income cut-off points. There is also an explanation of how base years are defined and how the cutoffs are updated using the Consumer Price Index.
Release date: 2002-11-14 - Articles and reports: 75F0002M2000008Description:
This paper attempts to quantify the magnitude of economic disparity among Canadian provinces. It uses the average annual earning of a province as an indicator of economic well-being for that province.
Release date: 2000-12-18 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199100114523Description:
Application of recent developments in computer technology allow national statistical offices to produce high quality statistics in an efficient way. At the Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) an increasing use is made of microcomputers in all steps of the statistical production process. This paper discusses the role of software and hardware in data collection, data editing, tabulation, and analysis. To avoid the negative effects of uncontrolled de-centralized data processing, the importance of integration is stressed. This makes the statistical production process easier to manage, and moreover it increases its efficiency. The Blaise System, developed by the CBS, is discussed as a data processing tool that encourages integration. Using a description of the survey questionnaire, this system is able to automatically generate various computer programs for data collection (CAPI or CATI), or data entry and data editing (CADI). The system can also create interfaces to other packages. Particularly, the link between Blaise and the internally developed packages Bascula (for weighting) and Abacus (for tabulation) is described. In this way the Blaise System controls and co-ordinates, and therefore integrates, a large part of the survey process.
Release date: 1991-06-14
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- Articles and reports: 12-001-X200900211037Description:
Randomized response strategies, which have originally been developed as statistical methods to reduce nonresponse as well as untruthful answering, can also be applied in the field of statistical disclosure control for public use microdata files. In this paper a standardization of randomized response techniques for the estimation of proportions of identifying or sensitive attributes is presented. The statistical properties of the standardized estimator are derived for general probability sampling. In order to analyse the effect of different choices of the method's implicit "design parameters" on the performance of the estimator we have to include measures of privacy protection in our considerations. These yield variance-optimum design parameters given a certain level of privacy protection. To this end the variables have to be classified into different categories of sensitivity. A real-data example applies the technique in a survey on academic cheating behaviour.
Release date: 2009-12-23 - Articles and reports: 11-522-X200800011008Description:
In one sense, a questionnaire is never complete. Test results, paradata and research findings constantly provide reasons to update and improve the questionnaire. In addition, establishments change over time and questions need to be updated accordingly. In reality, it doesn't always work like this. At Statistics Sweden there are several examples of questionnaires that were designed at one point in time and rarely improved later on. However, we are currently trying to shift the perspective on questionnaire design from a linear to a cyclic one. We are developing a cyclic model in which the questionnaire can be improved continuously in multiple rounds. In this presentation, we will discuss this model and how we work with it.
Release date: 2009-12-03 - Articles and reports: 75F0002M2002005Description:
This publication incorporates a detailed description of the methods used to arrive at the various low income cut-off points. There is also an explanation of how base years are defined and how the cutoffs are updated using the Consumer Price Index.
Release date: 2002-11-14 - Articles and reports: 75F0002M2000008Description:
This paper attempts to quantify the magnitude of economic disparity among Canadian provinces. It uses the average annual earning of a province as an indicator of economic well-being for that province.
Release date: 2000-12-18 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199100114523Description:
Application of recent developments in computer technology allow national statistical offices to produce high quality statistics in an efficient way. At the Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) an increasing use is made of microcomputers in all steps of the statistical production process. This paper discusses the role of software and hardware in data collection, data editing, tabulation, and analysis. To avoid the negative effects of uncontrolled de-centralized data processing, the importance of integration is stressed. This makes the statistical production process easier to manage, and moreover it increases its efficiency. The Blaise System, developed by the CBS, is discussed as a data processing tool that encourages integration. Using a description of the survey questionnaire, this system is able to automatically generate various computer programs for data collection (CAPI or CATI), or data entry and data editing (CADI). The system can also create interfaces to other packages. Particularly, the link between Blaise and the internally developed packages Bascula (for weighting) and Abacus (for tabulation) is described. In this way the Blaise System controls and co-ordinates, and therefore integrates, a large part of the survey process.
Release date: 1991-06-14
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- Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 68-515-XDescription:
This overview document describes the conceptual underpinnings of the Integrated Business Statistics Program and explains how program components facilitate a more integrated approach to economic surveying at Statistics Canada.
Release date: 2015-06-17
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