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9,961. Serving the needs of the user Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X198000254948
Description: My brief as a speaker was to comment on points raised in the opening session, within the general theme of serving the needs of research users in the 1980’s. This scheme did not allow a prepared paper, and my impromptu comments tended to be discussive. Below is a summary of my main points, leaving out anecdotes and examples used in the actual talk.
Release date: 1980-12-15
9,962. Comparison groups and survey research Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X198000254949
Description: This paper deals with the desirability of designing surveys in such a way that results can be compared to previous existing data. The writer explains why there are practical difficulties in assessing the significance of data collected in a one-time survey where these data stand alone and are not readily comparable to other existing data, i.e., where control group data or other benchmarks do not exist.
Release date: 1980-12-15
9,963. Commissioning research - The business relationship Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X198000254950
Description: The government survey sponsor should plan carefully what he expects to get from the supplier, specifying who is to do what, when, including details of what the sponsor will do. If there are many eligible suppliers, only a small number should be invited to submit proposals, increasing as the value of the contract increases. Procedures for screening suppliers and selecting the successful one should be organized before proposals are received. These should include visits to review suppliers, facilities and organization, as a good relationship between a sponsor and a supplier depends largely on good faith and willing cooperation. Sponsor-supplier relationships are more formal, and more time-consuming in the selection process, than in the private sector.
Release date: 1980-12-15
9,964. Serving the needs of the user Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X198000254951
Description: Various research methods are discussed in terms of evaluating government programs and meeting the needs of users in the private sector. A brief evaluation of social trend studies is given, as well as a description of problems associated with consumer research.
Release date: 1980-12-15
9,965. Non-textbook problems in the revision of a business based employment survey Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X198000154834
Description:
The paper illustrates several practical problems in the adaptation of statistical theory to survey design in the context of the revision of an employment survey programme.
Release date: 1980-06-16
9,966. Reverse record check: Tracing people in Canada Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X198000154835
Description:
The Reverse Record Check is the main vehicle used to assess the level of undercoverage in the Canadian Census of Population. A sample of persons is selected from sources independent of the current census and extensive tracing operations are undertaken to determine the usual address of each selected person as of Census day. Census records are then checked to determine whether or not each selected person was enumerated. The tracing is by far the most complex, costly and time-consuming operation associated with this study. It involves extensive use of administrative records as well as tracing in the field. This paper describes the various tracing methods used as well as the success obtained from each of them.
Release date: 1980-06-16
9,967. Comparison of some ratio type estimators for large scale household surveys Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X198000154836
Description: In this paper three types of ratio estimators, namely combined, post-stratified and a generalized ratio estimator developed earlier by Singh (1969) and Naga Reddy (1974), are considered. Based on an empirical evaluation, their efficiencies are compared for two large scale household surveys, namely the Canadian Labour Force Survey and the Survey of Consumer Finances.
Release date: 1980-06-15
9,968. Sample design of the Monthly Restaurants, Caterers and Taverns Survey Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X198000154837
Description: Statistics on sales of establishments classified as restaurants, caterers and taverns have been collected since 1951. The sample has not been updated for births since 1968 and as a result, it is not representative of the current universe. This paper reports on several methodological aspects of the redesign. The sampling unit, sample design, sample size and allocation, data collection methods, edits and imputations, accumulations and calculations, frame and sample maintenance are described. The new survey will reduce manual procedures wherever possible. Collection, editing, imputation, tabulation and updating procedures will be completely computerized. Data collection will be decentralized and will take place via telephone.
Release date: 1980-06-15
9,969. 1979 Farm Expenditure Survey design and estimation procedures Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X198000154838
Description: The Farm Expenditure Survey was developed to provide annual expenditure estimates for the Western Grain Stabilization Act which is an income stabilization program for grain farmers in the prairies and Peace River district of British Columbia. This paper describes the design of the 1979 survey which incorporated a stratified two-stage design in the area sample and a single take-all stratum in the list sample.
Release date: 1980-06-15
9,970. Sampling with unequal probabilities and without replacement - A rejective method Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X197900254834
Description: An alternative to the direct selection of sample is suggested, which while retaining the efficiency at the same level simplifies the selection and variance estimation processes in a wide variety of situations. If n* is the largest feasible pPS sample size that can be drawn from a given population of size N, then the proposed method entails selection of m (=N - n*) units using a pPS scheme and rejecting these units from the population such that the remainder is a pPS sample of n* units; the final sample of n units is then selected as a subsample from the remainder set. This method for selecting the pPS sample can be seen as an analogue of SRS where it is well known that the “unsampled” part of the population as well as any subsample from this part are also SRS from the entire population when SRS is the procedure used. The method is very practical for situations where m is less than the actual sample size n. Moreover, the method has the additional advantage in the context of continuing surveys, e.g. Canadian Labour Force Survey (LFS), where the number of primary sampling units (PSU’s) may have to be increased (or decreased) subsequent to the initial selection of the sample. The method also has advantages in the case of sample rotation. Main features of the proposed scheme and its limitations are given. Efficiency of the method is also evaluated empirically.
Release date: 1979-12-15

Stats in brief (2,668)

Stats in brief (2,668) (60 to 70 of 2,668 results)

61. Canadian international merchandise trade: Annual review 2023
Stats in brief: 11-001-X202413029863
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2024-05-09
62. Innovation and business strategy in Canada, 2022
Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024021
Description: This infographic focuses on innovation and business strategy in Canada, based on data from the 2022 Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy. It presents the long-term strategy for innovative businesses and non-innovative businesses, the innovation rate and intellectual property(IP) ownership for multinational businesses and non-multinational businesses, the competition, and the skill shortages in Canadian businesses.
Release date: 2024-05-08
63. Study: Enrolment and persistence in postsecondary education among high school graduates in British Columbia: A focus on special needs status
Stats in brief: 11-001-X202412938307
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2024-05-08
64. Why Food Inflation Is Such A Hard Nut To Crack
Stats in brief: 45-20-00032024003
Description: Are you feeling like it's a little bit harder to bring home the bacon... from the grocery store? The latest data indicate that food prices have mostly stabilized... but why does it feel like the cost of feeding your family is still going up? Today, we're talking food inflation with StatCan's resident smart cookie Taylor Mitchell.
Release date: 2024-05-08
65. Building construction price indexes first quarter 2024
Stats in brief: 11-001-X202412318843
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2024-05-02
66. Intergenerational housing outcomes in Canada
Stats in brief: 11-001-X202412217623
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2024-05-01
67. Gross domestic product by industry: Provinces and territories 2023
Stats in brief: 11-001-X20241224824
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2024-05-01
68. Patterns in online banking in Canada, 2022
Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024016
Description: This infographic uses data from the 2018 and 2022 Canadian Internet Use Survey to examine patterns and trends in online banking by population groups.
Release date: 2024-04-30
69. Survey of Innovation and Business Strategy 2022
Stats in brief: 11-001-X20241214881
Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
Release date: 2024-04-30
70. Non-profit organizations in Canada, 2023
Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024023
Description: From January 2nd to February 5th, 2024, Statistics Canada conducted the Canadian Survey on Business Conditions. The purpose of this survey is to collect information on businesses in Canada related to emerging issues. This iteration of the survey focuses on business expectations and business conditions in Canada. In addition, the questionnaire for the first quarter of 2024 includes a component specifically for non-profit organizations (NPOs). The intent of this set of questions is to address a present data gap and to provide a better understanding of the non-profit sector. This infographic presents key results from this.
Release date: 2024-04-29

Articles and reports (7,005)

Articles and reports (7,005) (6,990 to 7,000 of 7,005 results)

6,991. Large scale imputation of survey data Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X197800254833
Description: Owners of small businesses complain about the quantity of forms they are required to collectors of statistics. Administrative data are an alternative source but do not usually include all the information required by the survey takers.
The “Tax Data Imputation System” makes use of tax data collected from a large number of businesses by Revenue Canada and data obtained by sample survey for a small subset of these businesses. Survey data is imputed (estimated) for all the businesses not actually surveyed using a “hot-deck” technique, with adjustments made to ensure certain edit rules are satisfied. The results of a simulation study suggest that this procedure has reasonable statistical properties. Estimators (of means or totals) are unbiased with variances of comparable size to the corresponding ratio estimators.
Release date: 1978-12-15
6,992. Some methods for updating sample survey frames and their effects on estimation Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X197800254834
Description: Frames designed for continuous surveys are sometimes used for ad hoc surveys which require selection of sampling units separate from those selected for the continuous survey. This paper presents an unbiased extension of Keyfitz’s (1951) sample updating method to the case where a portion of the frame has been reserved for surveys other than the main continuous survey. A simple although biased alternative is presented.
The scope under Platek and Singh’s (1975) design strategy for an area based continuous survey requiring updating is then expanded to encompass rotation of first stage units, establishment of a separate special survey sub-frame, and procedures to prevent re-selection of ultimate sampling units.
The methods are evaluated in a Monte Carlo study using Census data to simulate the design for the Canadian Labour Force Survey.
Release date: 1978-12-15
6,993. Alternative estimators in PPS sampling Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X197800254835
Description: Some estimators alternative to the usual PPS estimator are suggested in this paper for situations where the size measure used for PPS sampling is not correlated with the study variable and where data are available on another supplementary variable (size measure). Properties of these estimators are studied under super-population models and also empirically.
Release date: 1978-12-15
6,994. Non-response and imputation Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X197800254830
Description:
The problems of dealing with non-response at various stages of survey planning are discussed with implications for the mean square error, practicality and possible advantages and disadvantages. Conceptual issues of editing and imputation are also considered with regard to complexity and levels of imputation. The methods of imputation include weighting, duplication, and substitution of historical records. The paper includes some methodology on the bias and variance.
Release date: 1978-12-15
6,995. The evolution of a national statistical agency Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X197800254831
Description:
A chronological account of the development of Canada’s central statistical agency is presented in this paper with emphasis on the importance of adapting the organization to the demands of the times.
Release date: 1978-12-15
6,996. The effect of a two-stage sample design on tests of independence Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X197800154830
Description: When a two-stage sample is used to collect data, the correlations between the sampled units make the ?2 test of independence invalid. Use of the ordinary ?2 tables generally results in a test which is greater than the desired level of significance. The effect of the sample design comes from two main areas: the sample size within PSU’s and the degree to which the characteristics are independent within each PSU. The effect of the sample size within PSU’s is greatest when there is no independence within each PSU, and diminishes as the degree of independence increases.
Release date: 1978-06-15
6,997. Approximate tests of independence and goodness of fit based on stratified multi-stage samples Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X197800154831
Description: The impact on linear statistics of the sample design used in obtaining survey data is the subject of much of sampling literature. Recently, more attention has been paid to the design’s impact on non-linear statistics; the major factor inhibiting these investigations has been the problem of estimating at least the first two moments of such statistics. The present article examines the problem of estimating the variances of non-linear statistics from complex samples, in the light of existing literature. The behaviour of the chi-square statistic computed from a complex sample to test hypotheses of goodness of fit or independence is studied. Alternative tests are developed and their properties studied in simulation experiments.
Release date: 1978-06-15
6,998. A survey design system for the measurement of truck cargo flows in Peru Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X197800154832
Description: This paper describes a survey design established to measure truck commodity flows in Peru. The article addresses the conceptual and operational features of the survey design as well as describing its elements and implementation techniques in the context of a pilot project. Finally, the paper illustrates how the results of this pilot might be used to design and implement a full-scale national survey.
Release date: 1978-06-15
6,999. A comparison of correlated response variance estimates obtained in the 1961, 1971 and 1976 Censuses Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X197800154833
Description: The total variance of a survey estimate incorporates sampling variance, simple response variance and correlated response variance. The last component reflects the part of the total variance due to a common influence on a group of respondents. In the Canadian census, self-enumeration was adopted as the standard method of enumeration in the 1971 Census. One factor in favor of introducing this method was evidence, from the 1961 Census, that correlated response variance made an important contribution to the total variance of census estimates. Based on a study conducted using interpenetration of interviewers, this article compares correlated response variances from the 1961, 1971 and 1976 Censuses. The empirical results demonstrate that although the self-enumeration adopted in the 1971 Census did not completely remove the correlated response variance, this approach has considerably reduced the magnitude of this component of variance for almost all the characteristics examined.
Release date: 1978-06-15
7,000. A study of refusal rates to the physical measures component of the Canada Health Survey Archived
Articles and reports: 12-001-X197800154834
Description: This article presents the findings of an experimental design set up to study the variation in refusal rates to the different modules of the physical measures component of the Canada Health Survey. The study indicated that interviewer teams have a significant impact on refusal rates. Also, a large proportion of the refusals was due to total family refusals rather than individual refusals within responding families.
Release date: 1978-06-15

Journals and periodicals (323)

Journals and periodicals (323) (40 to 50 of 323 results)

41. Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces
Journals and periodicals: 85-603-X
Description: This article presents results from the first Survey of Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces. Namely, the prevalence of general sexualized behaviour in the workplace; discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity; personal experiences of discrimination or sexualized behaviour; the prevalence of sexual assault; and knowledge of policies on sexual misconduct and perceptions of responses to sexual misconduct are examined. Where possible, results are analyzed by sex, environmental command, type of service, age, rank, and number of years of service.
Release date: 2023-12-05
42. Juristat Bulletin—Quick Fact
Journals and periodicals: 85-005-X
Geography: Canada
Description: This publication features short, informative articles focusing on specific justice-related issues. For more in-depth articles on justice in Canada, see also Juristat, Catalogue no. 85-002-X.
Release date: 2023-12-04
43. VISTA on the Agri-food Industry and the Farm Community
Journals and periodicals: 21-004-X
Geography: Canada
Description:
Each issue contains a short article highlighting statistical insights on themes relating to agriculture, food and rural issues.

Release date: 2023-11-30
44. Report on Energy Supply and Demand in Canada: Explanatory Information
Table: 57-003-X
Description: This publication presents energy balance sheets in natural units and heat equivalents in primary and secondary forms, by province. Each balance sheet shows data on production, trade, interprovincial movements, conversion and consumption by sector. Analytical tables and details on non-energy products are also included. It includes explanatory notes, a historical energy summary table and data analysis. The publication also presents data on natural gas liquids, electricity generated from fossil fuels, solid wood waste and spent pulping liquor.
Release date: 2023-11-20
45. Statistics Canada: Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy, 2023 to 2027
Journals and periodicals: 45-26-0001
Description: The Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy (DSDS) outlines departmental actions, with measurable performance indicators, that support the implementation strategies of the 2022-2026 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy. The DSDS further outlines Statistics Canada’s sustainable development vision to produce data to help track whether Canada is moving toward a more sustainable future and highlights projects with links to supporting sustainable development goals.
Release date: 2023-11-14
46. Household Expenditures Research Paper Series
Journals and periodicals: 62F0026M
Description: This series provides detailed documentation on the issues, concepts, methodology, data quality and other relevant research related to household expenditures from the Survey of Household Spending, the Homeowner Repair and Renovation Survey and the Food Expenditure Survey.
Release date: 2023-10-18
47. Statistical Methodology Research and Development Program Achievements
Journals and periodicals: 12-206-X
Description: This report summarizes the annual achievements of the Methodology Research and Development Program (MRDP) sponsored by the Modern Statistical Methods and Data Science Branch at Statistics Canada. This program covers research and development activities in statistical methods with potentially broad application in the agency’s statistical programs; these activities would otherwise be less likely to be carried out during the provision of regular methodology services to those programs. The MRDP also includes activities that provide support in the application of past successful developments in order to promote the use of the results of research and development work. Selected prospective research activities are also presented.
Release date: 2023-10-11
48. Environment Accounts and Statistics Analytical and Technical Paper Series
Journals and periodicals: 16-001-M
Description: The series covers environment accounts and indicators, environmental surveys, spatial environmental information and other research related to environmental statistics. The technical paper series is intended to stimulate discussion on a range of environmental topics.
Release date: 2023-09-13
49. Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin
Journals and periodicals: 21-006-X
Geography: Canada
Description: This series of analytical articles provides insights on the socio-economic environment in rural communities in Canada. New articles will be released periodically.
Release date: 2023-07-24
50. Data Literacy Training Products
Journals and periodicals: 89-20-0006
Description: Statistics Canada is committed to sharing our knowledge and expertise to help all Canadians develop their data literacy skills by developing a series of data literacy training resources. Data literacy is a key skill needed in the 21st century. It is generally described as the ability to derive meaning from data. Data literacy focuses on the competencies or skills involved in working with data, including the ability to read, analyze, interpret, visualize data, as well as to drive good decision-making.
Release date: 2023-07-17

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